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TIDAL FLAT [1 record]

Record 1 2009-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

A broad flat area, very close to sea level that is flooded and drained with each rise and fall of the tide.

CONT

The Roberts Bank tidal flats at the Fraser River Delta.

OBS

A tidal flat may form the surface of a deltaic deposit.

OBS

Tidal flats are ... emerging during low tide and submerging during high tide (= intertidal zone).

OBS

wad: a Dutch term for "tidal flat."

OBS

tidal flat: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Bande littorale vaseuse molle et peu colonisée par la végétation de l'estran, couverte par les marées ordinaires.

CONT

Les platins du banc Roberts, dans le delta du Fraser.

OBS

[Il s'agit de] la zone la plus dynamique de la vasière.

OBS

Pluriel de «wadden» : wadden.

OBS

wad : Du latin «vadum», par le flamand «wadden».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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