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Salt marsh during low tide, mean low tide, high tide and very high tide (spring tide). A coastal salt marsh in Perry, Florida, USA.. A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.
John Saltmarsh (born East Riding, Yorkshire, died 1647) was an English religious radical, "One of the most gentle tongued of controversialists", [1] writer and preacher. He supported the Covenant and was chaplain in Thomas Fairfax's army.
Saltmarsh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ian Saltmarsh (1901–1970), English cricketer; John Saltmarsh (clergyman) (died 1647), radical clergyman of the English Civil War; John Saltmarsh (historian) (1908–1974), historian and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Ron Saltmarsh (born 1962), American composer
John Saltmarsh may refer to: John Saltmarsh (historian) (1908–1974), British historian; John Saltmarsh (priest) (died 1647), radical English clergyman
The Great Marsh (also sometimes called the Great Salt Marsh [1]) is a long, continuous saltmarsh in eastern New England extending from Cape Ann in northeastern Massachusetts to the southeastern coast of New Hampshire. [2]
An inland salt marsh is a saltwater marsh located away from the coast. It is formed and maintained in areas when evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation and/or when sodium- and chloride-laden groundwater is released from natural brine aquifers. Its vegetation is dominated by halophytic plant communities. [1]
Dr John Saltmarsh (7 May 1908 – 25 September 1974) was a historian and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. The son of Winnifred and H. A. Saltmarsh, he grew up at Oakington , near Cambridge , where his father farmed four hundred acres.
In total, 28 salt-marsh communities have been identified. The salt-marsh communities consist of four separate subgroups: three eel-grass and tassel-weed communities of tidal flats, pools and ditches (SM1, SM2 and SM3) thirteen communities of the lower salt-marsh (SM4, SM5, SM6, SM7, SM8, SM9, SM10, SM11, SM12, SM13, SM14, SM15 and SM26)