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.
Observed surface forms (2)
- tidal flat ecosystem ×3
- sandflat ×1
Instances (5)
- Coos Bay tidal flats
- Khor Al Beidah wetlands via concept surface "tidal flat ecosystem"
- Wadden Sea World Heritage Site via concept surface "tidal flat ecosystem"
- Traeth Lafan via concept surface "sandflat"
- Zengwen River estuary via concept surface "tidal flat ecosystem"