tidal flat
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In the Triassic period - between about 250 and 201 million years ago - the wall was a tidal flat, which later became part of the Alpine chain.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
Saemangeum developers now plan to build an airport over the last remaining tidal flat, Sura, with construction scheduled to begin in 2024.
From National Geographic • Aug. 15, 2023
Today, the tidal flat is near King Street Station.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
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 • Jul. 23, 2021
He took his buckets and jars and his crowbar and put his sandwiches in one pocket and his thermos bottle in another pocket and he went down the cliff to the tidal flat.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
