tidal plain

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There, a human xenobiologist is marooned on a vast tidal plain, trying to survive among some of the most vividly imagined alien life—and alien planetary forces—you’ve ever met.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2021

Dunkirk is a man-made harbor cut into a sandy tidal plain, with a mole sticking out to protect a channel leading into a network of seven ship basins.

From Time Magazine Archive