tidal marsh
1Tidal marsh — A tidal marsh is a type of marsh that is found along coasts and estuaries of which the flooding characteristics are determined by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean [ [http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/marsh.html#tidal] …
2tidal marsh — An extensive, nearly level marsh bordering a coast (as in a shallow lagoon, sheltered bay or estuary) and regularly inundated by high tides; formed mostly of unconsolidated sediments (e.g., clays, silts, and/or sands and organic materials),… …
3tidal marsh — noun : wet land regularly inundated by the backing up of adjoining streams through tidal action compare tidal flat …
4tidal marsh — a low, flat area comprising bushes and grasses interspersed with channels and under tidal influence …
5submerged-upland tidal marsh — An extensive nearly level, intertidal landform composed of unconsolidated sediments (clays, silts, and/or sand and organic materials), a resistant root mat, vegetated dominantly by hydrophytic (water loving) plants. The mineral sediments… …
6Marsh rice rat — Temporal range: Rancholabrean (300,000 years before present) – present Conservation status …
7fringe-tidal marsh — Narrow salt marsh adjacent to a relatively higher energy environment. SSS …
8Marsh — For other uses, see Marsh (disambiguation). Marshland redirects here. For the suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, see Marshland, New Zealand. In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood …
9tidal flat — An extensive, nearly horizontal, barren or sparsely vegetated tract of land that is alternately covered and uncovered by the tide, and consists of unconsolidated sediment (mostly clays, silts and/or sands and organic materials). Compare:… …
10Marsh Creek (Monocacy River) — Marsh Creek is a 26.6 mile long (42.8 km)[1] tributary of the Monocacy River in south central Pennsylvania and north central Maryland in the United States. Marsh Creek and Rock Creek join below Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Battlefield to… …
