tidal marsh
Sign in to saveAlso known as marsh, coastal marsh, marshland, marine clay landscape, alluvial marshland, marsh subject to tidal change in water
coastal marsh, marsh subject to tidal change in water
Wikidata facts
Show 2 more facts
- has immediate cause
- tide
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Climate change
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Tidal salt marsh at Ella Nore in Chichester, England. A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. Tidal marshes experience many overlapping persistent cycles, including diurnal and semi-diurnal tides, day-night temperature fluctuations, spring-neap tides, seasonal vegetation growth and decay, upland runoff, decadal climate variations, and centennial to millennial trends in sea level and climate.
Tidal marshes are formed in areas that are sheltered from waves (such as beside edges of bays), in upper slops of intertidal, and where water is fresh or saline. They are also impacted by transient disturbances such as hurricanes, floods, storms, and upland fires.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tidal marsh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.