tidal flat

American  

noun

1. tideland that is flat or nearly flat and often muddy or marshy.

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tidal flat Scientific  

1. A nearly flat coastal area that is alternately covered and exposed by tides and consisting of unconsolidated sediments and precipitated salts. A tidal flat is the middle part of a tidal basin, below the vegetation-supporting salt marsh and the low-tide mark.

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Example Sentences

Today, the tidal flat is near King Street Station.

From Seattle Times

Today, this tidal flat is in the vicinity of King Street Station.

From Seattle Times

The rocks indicate that area was once an estuary, where a river dumped into a tidal flat.

From Washington Post

In other areas of this stretch of rocks, there are sediments from an ancient tidal flat that resembles the ones these scientists traverse each day to get out here.

From Washington Post

In 2006, for example, the near-completion of a 21-mile seawall—the world’s longest man-made sea barrier—cut off a large portion of the rich Saemangeum tidal flat from the Yellow Sea so that the reclaimed land could be used for agriculture, aquaculture, industry and housing.

From Scientific American