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Definition of Salt marsh:
Low, wet, muddy area periodically or continuously flooded by brackish or salt water to a shallow depth, usually characterized by grasses and other low plants (but not trees); land transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where saturation with water is the dominant factor controlling plant and animal communities and soils.[1].
This is the common definition for Salt marsh, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Salt marsh is a key habitat of transitional waters lying at the interface between the land and the sea, depending on, and periodically covered by tidal sea water.
Chapman (1960[2], 1977 a[3], b [4]) describes nine different geographical salt marsh regions throughout the world.
Articles on salt marshes
- Salt marshes
- Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes
- Salt marshes in Europe and temporal variability
- Natural variability and change in coastal ecosystems#Salt marshes
- Spatial and temporal scales in biogeomorphology#Coupling of mudflat to Saltmarsh
Related articles
- Characteristics of muddy coasts
- Biogeomorphology of coastal systems
- Natural shore protecting barriers
See also
