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Meaning of "mudflats"

mudflat (noun) - a stretch of muddy land that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide, important habitat for various plants and animals
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  • plural of mudflat
  • Synonym of bottomland: lowland plains and/or farms.

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The mudflats will swallow our tanks.
On passage and in winter mainly on tidal mudflats.
These mudflats are rich in worms and shellfish.
All coexisting quite nicely on the mudflats.
And the mudflats are no longer so exposed.
This is little more than a trench in the mudflats.
The maintenance of mudflats is important in preventing coastal erosion.
As the tide retreats it exposes mudflats.
The tidal mudflats were a good clam digging area.
Shorebirds also depend on preying invertebrates on the mudflats.
Mudflats extend hundreds of meters from the shore.
Conditions on the mudflats of the ancient lake were arduous.
They could not get across the mudflats.
A vast area of mudflats are exposed.
Spotting dolphin pods across these vast mudflats.

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Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide.
He spends most of his life here on the mudflats.
There are extensive mudflats which are also being colonized naturally by mangrove.
Among the dunes and mudflats.
They inhabit mudflats and tolerate a wide range of salinities.
Low water levels expose more beach and mudflats.
Tide uncovering the mudflats so that they can feed.
View from cottage down to shore can see mudflats.
It is surrounded by mudflats at low tide.
Its final mile lies among wetlands and mudflats.
It is characterized by mudflats and sandbanks.
These clams live buried in the mud on tidal mudflats.
These mudflats are partially covered by dense growths of eelgrass and algae.
Knot can only feed when the mudflats are exposed.
The mudflats provide important feeding habitat for migratory waders.
In winter it is common on suitable estuaries and tidal mudflats as well.
Ground temperatures on the mudflats can fall below freezing in winter.
It lives at the mouths of rivers and on the mudflats of lagoons.
There are mudflats everywhere.
Seaward of the marsh are extensive areas of sand and mudflats.
During low water levels mudflats get exposed in the lake.
Mudflats near canals.
Sediment often settles in intertidal mudflats which are extremely difficult to colonize.
It is surrounded by extensive mudflats.
Above the mudflats salt grass and pickleweed dominate the marsh.
Also called mudflats.
Extensive exposed mudflats fringe the western and southern shores at low tide.
It is entirely flooded at high tide and at low tide mudflats are exposed.
Further south lie areas of mudflats which contain particularly large sandbanks.
In estuarine settings they may feed on exposed bay muds or mudflats.
The stilts nest in loose colonies on mudflats close to the water.
There are many undeveloped shore lands with salt marshes and mudflats.
The track now heads east over mudflats while climbing a grade.
You will be amazed how many animals live in the mudflats.
The island is surrounded by mudflats that are under water during high tides.

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