Named shallow coastal or inland areas where water and land meet closely, including tidal flats and marshes, such as the Wadden Sea. Belongs here: a named wetland or tidal flat system, even one whose traditional name uses the word sea. Does not belong here: a deep, fully marine sea, held under Seas.
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Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.
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