intertidal zone
Noun
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Noun
intertidal zone (plural intertidal zones)
- (oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.
- foreshore
- tidal zone
- French: estran (Europe), batture (Quebec)
- German: Gezeitenzone, Gezeitenschorre
- Italian: bagnasciuga, battigia
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