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Schorre/Salt marsh

Updated on 04/12/2018
Illustration
L'estran, la slikke et le schorre
Définition
Sens commun
Upper part of a coastal marsh, consisting of solid mud, covered with grass and submerged at high tides.
Source
according to the Robert dictionary
Sens technique
Coastal area corresponding to the upper part of the midlittoral zone and the lower part of the infralittoral zone. The schorre is generally a marsh and colonised by halophytic plants. It is covered only at high tides.
Source
according to the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation of 2017
Thématiques associées
Environment and habitat, Shoreline, Wetland.
Autres termes utiles à la compréhension issus du glossaire
Transitional waters, Slikken/Tidal flat.
Termes associés à des définitions du Sandre
ZONE HUMIDE.
Ressources complémentaires
Schorre
Translations
Schorre [fr], Marisma salina [es].
Review status
Relu par le comité de relecture.