a muddy flat intertidal area that is covered by water at high tide and exposed to the air at low tide. Mud flats form at the edge of salt marshes or at the mouths of estuaries.
A flat area along the coast, covered with a thick layer of mud or sand. Mudflats are usually under water at high tide.
bare, flat bottoms of lakes, rivers and ponds, or coastal waters, largely filled with organic deposits, freshly exposed by a lowering of the water level.
a habitat with a muddy substrate that has no water covering it at low tide and is covered by water at high tide.
an area of fine silt, usually exposed at low tide but covered at high tide, occurring in sheltered estuaries or behind shingle bars or sand spits.
a muddy, low-lying strip of ground usually submerged, more or less completely, by the rise of the tide; found in association with barrier islands and cheniers along the gulf coast
part of benthic (bottom) zone exposed at low tide and comprised of extremely fine sediments.
A relatively level area of fine silt along a shore (as in a sheltered estuary) or around an island, alternately covered and uncovered by the tide, or covered by shallow water; a muddy tidal flat barren of vegetation.
a stretch of low-lying, muddy land along a shore or island, usually submerged at high tied and left uncovered at low tide. [AHDOS
Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by the tides or rivers, sea and oceans. They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries. Mudflats may be viewed geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, resulting from deposition of estuarine silts, clays and marine animal detritus.