sandflat habitat

C31093
concept

A sandflat habitat is a coastal or estuarine environment characterized by broad, gently sloping expanses of unconsolidated sand that are regularly exposed and submerged by tides, supporting specialized communities of invertebrates, algae, and shorebirds.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
tidal flat ecosystem 3
sandflat 1
sandflat habitat canonical 1

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Coos Bay tidal flats
Khor Al Beidah wetlands tidal flat ecosystem
Wadden Sea World Heritage Site tidal flat ecosystem
Traeth Lafan sandflat
Zengwen River estuary tidal flat ecosystem