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href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%9F" title="कीच तट – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कीच तट" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B3)" title="Вати (бряг) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Вати (бряг)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plana_de_marea" title="Plana de marea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Plana de marea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanura_de_marea" title="Llanura de marea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Llanura de marea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vado" title="Vado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%87%D9%86%D9%87_%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C" title="پهنه گلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پهنه گلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a 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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Coastal wetlands where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png/320px-Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png/480px-Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png/640px-Tidal_flat_general_sketch.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>General sketch-map of a tidal plain, showing the typical tripartition in <a href="/wiki/Supratidal_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Supratidal zone">supratidal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intertidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Intertidal">intertidal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Subtidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtidal">subtidal</a> zones. The most apparent character of the area is the development of tidal channels, affecting mainly the <a href="/wiki/Intertidal_zone" title="Intertidal zone">intertidal zone</a>. In this case, the tidal flat is protected seaward by a <a href="/wiki/Shoal" title="Shoal">beach barrier</a>, but in many cases (low-energy <a href="/wiki/Water_waves" class="mw-redirect" title="Water waves">waves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Longshore_currents" class="mw-redirect" title="Longshore currents">longshore currents</a>) the tidal flats may directly pass into a shallow marine environment.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Mudflats</b> or <b>mud flats</b>, also known as <b>tidal flats</b> or, in Ireland, <b>slob</b> or <b>slobs</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are <a href="/wiki/Coastal_wetland" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal wetland">coastal wetlands</a> that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">tides</a> or <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">rivers</a>. A global analysis published in 2019 suggested that tidal flat ecosystems are as extensive globally as <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangroves</a>, covering at least 127,921 km<sup>2</sup> (49,391 sq mi) of the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>'s surface.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are found in sheltered areas such as <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bayou" title="Bayou">bayous</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuaries</a>; they are also seen in <a href="/wiki/Freshwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater">freshwater</a> <a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">lakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salt_lake" title="Salt lake">salty lakes</a> (or inland seas) alike, wherein many rivers and <a href="/wiki/Stream" title="Stream">creeks</a> end. Mudflats may be viewed <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geologically</a> as exposed layers of <a href="/wiki/Bay_mud" title="Bay mud">bay mud</a>, resulting from deposition of <a href="/wiki/Estuarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Estuarine">estuarine</a> <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clays</a> and aquatic animal <a href="/wiki/Detritus" title="Detritus">detritus</a>. Most of the sediment within a mudflat is within the <a href="/wiki/Intertidal_zone" title="Intertidal zone">intertidal zone</a>, and thus the flat is submerged and exposed approximately twice daily. </p><p>A recent global <a href="/wiki/Remote_sensing" title="Remote sensing">remote sensing</a> analysis estimated that approximately 50% of the global extent of tidal flats occurs within eight countries (<a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>) and that 44% of the world's tidal flats occur within Asia (56,051 km<sup>2</sup> or 21,641 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2022 analysis of tidal wetland losses and gains estimates that global tidal flats experienced losses of 7,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2,700 sq mi) between 1999 and 2019, which were largely offset by global gains of 6,700 km<sup>2</sup> (2,600 sq mi) over the same time period.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_et_al._2022_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_et_al._2022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the past tidal flats were considered unhealthy, economically unimportant areas and were often dredged and developed into agricultural land.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some mudflats can be extremely treacherous to walk on. For example, the mudflats surrounding <a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, are made from fine glacial-silt which does not easily separate out its water, and, although seemingly solid, can quickly gel and become like <a href="/wiki/Quicksand" title="Quicksand">quicksand</a> when disturbed by stepping on it. Four people are known to have become stuck up to their waists and drowned when the tide came in, and many others are rescued from the Anchorage mudflats each year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> coast of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in places, mudflats are exposed not by tidal action, but by wind-action driving water away from the shallows into the sea. This kind of wind-affected mudflat is called <i><a href="/wiki/Windwatt" title="Windwatt">Windwatt</a></i> in German.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mudflat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg/220px-Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg/330px-Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg/440px-Stewart_Island_Oban_Mudflats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Mudflats near <a href="/wiki/Oban,_New_Zealand" title="Oban, New Zealand">Oban</a> on <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Island/Rakiura" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart Island/Rakiura">Stewart Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tidal flats, along with intertidal <a href="/wiki/Salt_marsh" title="Salt marsh">salt marshes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangrove</a> forests, are important <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They usually support a large population of wildlife,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are a key habitat that allows tens of millions of migratory <a href="/wiki/Shorebirds" class="mw-redirect" title="Shorebirds">shorebirds</a> to migrate from breeding sites in the northern hemisphere to non-breeding areas in the southern hemisphere. They are often of vital importance to <a href="/wiki/Migratory_bird" class="mw-redirect" title="Migratory bird">migratory birds</a>, as well as certain species of <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">crabs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mollusk" class="mw-redirect" title="Mollusk">mollusks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> mudflats have been classified as a <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_Action_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiversity Action Plan">Biodiversity Action Plan</a> priority habitat. </p><p>The maintenance of mudflats is important in preventing coastal erosion. However, mudflats worldwide are under threat from predicted <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rises</a>, land claims for development, <a href="/wiki/Dredge" class="mw-redirect" title="Dredge">dredging</a> due to shipping purposes, and <a href="/wiki/Soil_contamination" title="Soil contamination">chemical pollution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some parts of the world, such as East and South-East Asia, mudflats have been reclaimed for <a href="/wiki/Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">aquaculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, and industrial development. For example, around the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a> region of East Asia, more than 65% of mudflats present in the early 1950s had been destroyed by the late 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is estimated that up to 16% of the world tidal flats have disappeared since the mid-1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mudflat sediment deposits are focused into the <a href="/wiki/Intertidal_zone" title="Intertidal zone">intertidal zone</a> which is composed of a barren zone and marshes. Within these areas are various ratios of sand and mud that make up the sedimentary layers.<sup id="cite_ref-Reineck_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reineck-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The associated growth of coastal sediment deposits can be attributed to rates of subsidence along with rates of deposition (example: silt transported via river) and changes in sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-Reineck_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reineck-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barren zones extend from the lowest portion of the intertidal zone to the marsh areas. Beginning in close proximity to the tidal bars, sand dominated layers are prominent and become increasingly muddy throughout the tidal channels. Common bedding types include laminated sand, ripple bedding, and bay mud. <a href="/wiki/Bioturbation" title="Bioturbation">Bioturbation</a> also has a strong presence in barren zones. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Marshes" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshes">Marshes</a> contain an abundance of <a href="/wiki/Herbaceous_plant" title="Herbaceous plant">herbaceous plants</a> while the sediment layers consist of thin sand and mud layers. <a href="/wiki/Mudcrack" title="Mudcrack">Mudcracks</a> are a common as well as wavy bedding planes.<sup id="cite_ref-Reineck_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reineck-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marshes are also the origins of coal/peat layers because of the abundant decaying plant life.<sup id="cite_ref-Reineck_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reineck-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Salt_pan_(geology)" title="Salt pan (geology)">Salt pans</a> can be distinguished in that they contain thinly laminated layers of clayey silt. The main source of the silt comes from rivers. Dried up mud along with wind erosion forms silt dunes. When flooding, rain or tides come in, the dried sediment is then re-distributed.<sup id="cite_ref-Reineck_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reineck-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Satellite view of the Kneiss Islands, Tunisia."><img alt="Satellite view of the Kneiss Islands, Tunisia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg/177px-ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg/265px-ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg/353px-ISS013-E-75163_-_View_of_Tunisia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2064" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Satellite view of the <a href="/wiki/Kneiss" title="Kneiss">Kneiss Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gulls feeding on mudflats in Skagit Bay, Washington, United States"><img alt="Gulls feeding on mudflats in Skagit Bay, Washington, United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG/180px-Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG/270px-Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG/360px-Skagit_Bay_6308.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gulls feeding on mudflats in <a href="/wiki/Skagit_Bay" title="Skagit Bay">Skagit Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brewster_mudflat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mudflats in in Brewster, Massachusetts, United States, extending hundreds of yards offshore at the low tide. The line of Wrack (seaweed) and seashells in the foreground indicates the high-water mark."><img alt="Mudflats in in Brewster, Massachusetts, United States, extending hundreds of yards offshore at the low tide. The line of Wrack (seaweed) and seashells in the foreground indicates the high-water mark." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Brewster_mudflat.jpg/160px-Brewster_mudflat.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Brewster_mudflat.jpg/240px-Brewster_mudflat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Brewster_mudflat.jpg/320px-Brewster_mudflat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mudflats in in <a href="/wiki/Brewster,_Massachusetts" title="Brewster, Massachusetts">Brewster, Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, extending hundreds of yards offshore at the low tide. The line of <a href="/wiki/Wrack_(seaweed)" title="Wrack (seaweed)">Wrack (seaweed)</a> and seashells in the foreground indicates the <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">high-water mark</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_example_areas">Selected example areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mudflat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Selected example areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcachon_Bay" title="Arcachon Bay">Arcachon Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banc_d%27Arguin" class="mw-redirect" title="Banc d'Arguin">Banc d'Arguin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamiza_Wetland" title="Chamiza Wetland">Chamiza Wetland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">Beaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_cusps" title="Beach cusps">Beach cusps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_evolution" title="Beach evolution">Beach evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_ridge" title="Beach ridge">Beach ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_wrack" title="Beach wrack">Beach wrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaches_in_estuaries_and_bays" title="Beaches in estuaries and bays">Beaches in estuaries and bays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beachrock" title="Beachrock">Beachrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_morphodynamics" title="Coastal morphodynamics">Coastal morphodynamics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_beach" title="Pocket beach">Pocket beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raised_beach" title="Raised beach">Raised beach</a></li> <li><a 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title="Regressive delta">regressive</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Large-scale_coastal_behaviour" title="Large-scale coastal behaviour">Processes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowhole_(geology)" title="Blowhole (geology)">Blowhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffed_coast" title="Cliffed coast">Cliffed coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_biogeomorphology" title="Coastal biogeomorphology">Coastal biogeomorphology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_erosion" title="Coastal erosion">Coastal erosion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordant_coastline" title="Concordant coastline">Concordant coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current_(hydrology)" title="Current (hydrology)">Current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuspate_foreland" title="Cuspate foreland">Cuspate foreland</a></li> <li><a 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title="Submersion (coastal management)">Submersion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulkhead_line" title="Bulkhead line">Bulkhead line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_engineering" title="Coastal engineering">Coastal engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grain_size" title="Grain size">Grain size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boulder" title="Boulder">boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobble_(geology)" title="Cobble (geology)">cobble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granule_(geology)" title="Granule (geology)">granule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravel" title="Gravel">gravel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pebble" title="Pebble">pebble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shingle_beach" 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title="Aquatic science">Aquatic science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquatic_toxicology" title="Aquatic toxicology">Aquatic toxicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benthos" title="Benthos">Benthos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bioluminescence" title="Bioluminescence">Bioluminescence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biomass_(ecology)" title="Biomass (ecology)">Biomass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_effect_(ecology)" title="Cascade effect (ecology)">Cascade effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colored_dissolved_organic_matter" title="Colored dissolved organic matter">Colored dissolved organic matter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)" title="Dead zone (ecology)">Dead zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecohydrology" title="Ecohydrology">Ecohydrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutrophication" title="Eutrophication">Eutrophication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisheries_science" title="Fisheries science">Fisheries science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_chain" title="Food chain">Food chain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_web" title="Food web">Food web</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GIS_and_aquatic_science" title="GIS and aquatic science">GIS and aquatic science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrobiology" title="Hydrobiology">Hydrobiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypoxia_(environmental)" title="Hypoxia (environmental)">Hypoxia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macrobenthos" title="Macrobenthos">Macrobenthos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiobenthos" title="Meiobenthos">Meiobenthos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microbial_ecology" title="Microbial ecology">Microbial ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microbial_food_web" title="Microbial food web">Microbial food web</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microbial_loop" title="Microbial loop">Microbial loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekton" title="Nekton">Nekton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuston" title="Neuston">Neuston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Particle_(ecology)" title="Particle (ecology)">Particle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelagic_zone" title="Pelagic zone">Pelagic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photic_zone" title="Photic zone">Photic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phytoplankton" title="Phytoplankton">Phytoplankton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plankton" title="Plankton">Plankton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleuston" class="mw-redirect" title="Pleuston">Pleuston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Productivity_(ecology)" title="Productivity (ecology)">Productivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sediment_trap" title="Sediment trap">Sediment trap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">Shoaling and schooling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siltation" title="Siltation">Siltation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spawn_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spawn (biology)">Spawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isotope_analysis#Stable_isotope_analysis_in_aquatic_ecosystems" title="Isotope analysis">Stable isotope analysis in aquatic ecosystems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substrate_(marine_biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Substrate (marine biology)">Substrate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermal_pollution" title="Thermal pollution">Thermal pollution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trophic_level" title="Trophic level">Trophic level</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_camouflage" title="Underwater camouflage">Underwater camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_column" title="Water column">Water column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zooplankton" title="Zooplankton">Zooplankton</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg/140px-Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg/210px-Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg/280px-Aerial_view_of_Slapton_Sands_and_northern_part_of_Ley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1434412.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Freshwater</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_biology" title="Freshwater biology">Freshwater biology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_biome" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater biome">Freshwater biome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_environmental_quality_parameters" title="Freshwater environmental quality parameters">Freshwater environmental quality parameters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_fish" title="Freshwater fish">Freshwater fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyporheic_zone" title="Hyporheic zone">Hyporheic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limnology" title="Limnology">Limnology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_ecosystem" title="Lake ecosystem">Lake ecosystem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_stratification" title="Lake stratification">Lake stratification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macrophyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Macrophyte">Macrophyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pond" title="Pond">Pond</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fish_pond" title="Fish pond">Fish pond</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rheotaxis" title="Rheotaxis">Rheotaxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_ecosystem" title="River ecosystem">River ecosystem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stream_bed" title="Stream bed">Stream bed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stream_pool" title="Stream pool">Stream pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trophic_state_index" title="Trophic state index">Trophic state index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upland_and_lowland" title="Upland and lowland">Upland and lowland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_garden" title="Water garden">Water garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">Wetland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bog" title="Bog">Bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackish_marsh" title="Brackish marsh">Brackish marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fen" title="Fen">Fen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_marsh" title="Freshwater marsh">Freshwater marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_swamp_forest" title="Freshwater swamp forest">Freshwater swamp forest</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ecoregions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_freshwater_ecoregions_(WWF)" title="List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)">List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_freshwater_ecoregions_in_Africa_and_Madagascar" title="List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar">Africa and Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_freshwater_ecoregions_of_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean">Latin America and the Caribbean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_marine_ecoregions" title="List of marine ecoregions">List of marine ecoregions</a></li> <li>Specific examples <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_and_ecology_of_the_Everglades" title="Geography and ecology of the Everglades">Everglades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_ecology_of_Maharashtra" title="Freshwater ecology of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecosystem_of_the_North_Pacific_Subtropical_Gyre" title="Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre">North Pacific Subtropical Gyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecology_of_the_San_Francisco_Estuary" title="Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary">San Francisco Estuary</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Marine_ecosystems" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Marine_ecosystem" title="Marine ecosystem">Marine ecosystems</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_scattering_layer" title="Deep scattering layer">Deep scattering layer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diel_vertical_migration" title="Diel vertical migration">Diel vertical migration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-ratio_(oceanography)" title="F-ratio (oceanography)">f-ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_fertilization" title="Iron fertilization">Iron fertilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_marine_ecosystem" class="mw-redirect" title="Large marine ecosystem">Large marine ecosystem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_biology" title="Marine biology">Marine biology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_chemistry" title="Marine chemistry">Marine chemistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_food_web" title="Marine food web">Marine food web</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_primary_production" title="Marine primary production">Marine primary production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_snow" title="Marine snow">Marine snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_fertilization" title="Ocean fertilization">Ocean fertilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceanic_physical-biological_process" title="Oceanic physical-biological process">Oceanic physical-biological process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_turbidity" title="Ocean turbidity">Ocean turbidity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photophore" title="Photophore">Photophore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorson%27s_rule" title="Thorson's rule">Thorson's rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upwelling" title="Upwelling">Upwelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viral_shunt" title="Viral shunt">Viral shunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_fall" title="Whale fall">Whale fall</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maldivesfish2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Maldivesfish2.jpg/140px-Maldivesfish2.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Maldivesfish2.jpg/210px-Maldivesfish2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Maldivesfish2.jpg/280px-Maldivesfish2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1818" data-file-height="1228" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marine_life" title="Marine life">Marine life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_of_Marine_Life" title="Census of Marine Life">Census of Marine Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep-sea_community" title="Deep-sea community">Deep-sea community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep-water_coral" title="Deep-water coral">Deep-water coral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_fungi" title="Marine fungi">Marine fungi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_invertebrates" title="Marine invertebrates">Marine invertebrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_larval_ecology" title="Marine larval ecology">Marine larval ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagrass" title="Seagrass">Seagrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seashore_wildlife" title="Seashore wildlife">Seashore wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_fisheries" title="Wild 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bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cataract_bog" title="Cataract bog">Cataract bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal bog">Coastal bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermi_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Kermi bog">Kermi bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plateau_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Plateau bog">Plateau bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygonal_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygonal bog">Polygonal bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raised_bog" title="Raised bog">Raised bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_bog" title="String bog">String bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upland_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Upland bog">Upland bog</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callows" title="Callows">Callows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr_(landform)" title="Carr (landform)">Carr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alder_carr" title="Alder carr">Alder carr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ci%C3%A9nega" title="Ciénega">Ciénega</a></li> <li><a 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