rocky shorelines
Boulder-strewn water's edge
Rocky shorelines are coastal areas where the land meets water along surfaces of exposed rock rather than sand or sediment.
These shores feature cliffs, boulders, and tide pools that support distinct ecosystems of barnacles, mussels, and sea anemones.
The rocky shoreline made beach access difficult Tide pools along rocky shorelines teem with marine life.
- crashing wavesSurf hitting the shore
- tide poolsSeawater pockets in rocks
- tidal poolsShoreline water pockets
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
barnacles · sea stars · limpets · anemones · boulders · erosion · algae · crabs · marine snails · sedimentary layers · crevices · crustaceans · bladderwrack · chitons · gulls · bedrock · driftwood · low tide
- Walrus HabitatArctic Ocean, Bering Sea, pack ice, ice floes, sea ice
rocky shorelinessandy beaches
Coastlines covered with granules
sand beaches · sandy shores · mud flats · pebble beaches · mudflats
rocky shorelinestidal flats
Coastline exposed at low water
barrier islands · coastal wetlands · salt marshes · rugged cliffs