tide flats
Low-water coastal plains
Tide flats are coastal areas of mud or sand that are submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide.
Also called tidal flats or mudflats.
These zones support distinctive ecosystems—clams, crabs, shorebirds feeding on invertebrates: We dug for razor clams on the tide flats at dawn.
- mudflatsCoastal areas exposed at low tide
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- salt marshCoastal wetland with halophytes
- coastal wetlandsSaturated shoreline ecosystems
- sandbarUnderwater ridge of sediment
clams · clam digging · seaweed · low water · ebb and flow · shorebirds · sea birds · wading birds · muck · brackish · wading · kelp · barnacles · wetlands · oysters · silt · herons · beach
tide flatsdeep ocean
Sea's lowest regions
open sea · ocean floor · seabed · desert · deep water
tide flatsmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
sea cliffs · coastal bluffs · peaks · ridges · escarpments
tide flatsbedrock
Solid stone underground
solid rock · rocky shore · granite · stone · hardpan
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