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, this tidal flat is in the vicinity of King Street Station.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

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 drove through the town and down to the cliff below which his tidal flat lay.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck