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PARALIC ENVIRONMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

... a broad zone between the landward limit of marine processes and the seaward limit of alluvial and shoreline processes.

CONT

The main paralic environments are ... coastal to shoreline shelf systems, delta, strand plain to open shelf, estuaries, [etc. They include] all those parts of the coastal plain affected by the proximity of a shoreline ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

[...] zone naturelle constituée d'une masse d'eau de transition entre le milieu marin et le milieu continental.

CONT

Les milieux paraliques [estuaires, étangs côtiers, marais salants, bahiras, mangroves, lagons] se caractérisent par une organisation du milieu selon le degré de confinement. [...] Ces milieux sont des zones à forte production animale et végétale et présentent des atouts pour la pêche et l'aquaculture.

Spanish

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