tidal zone
Between high, low
The tidal zone is the coastal area between high and low tide marks, alternately submerged and exposed as tides rise and fall.
Also called the intertidal zone, it hosts organisms adapted to both aquatic and terrestrial conditions: Tide pools form in the tidal zone.
The term extends to any region affected by tidal movement.
- sandbarsSubmerged ridges of sediment
- sea anemoneTentacled marine polyp
- hermit crabCrustacean occupying abandoned shells
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
coastline · littoral · coastal erosion · wrack · beach · tides · barnacles · zonation · tidal bore · crashing waves · limpets · desiccation · tidal cycles · spring tides · mussels · rocky shores · bay · brackish
- coastal featuresshore, coast, beach, bay, cliff
- coastal thingsbeach, sand, shoreline, reef, coral reef
- fish habitatsriver, stream, ocean, creek, lake
- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
- ocean zonesthermocline
- tidal featurestidal flat, tidal marsh, tidal creek, tidal basin, tidal bore
tidal influence
tidal zonestill waters
Motionless bodies of water
freshwater lake · lake · inland waters · pond