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tidal inlet

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028078

1. An opening in the shoreline through which water penetrates the land, thereby providing a connection between the ocean and bays, lagoons, and marsh and tidal creek systems; the main channel of a tidal inlet is maintained by tidal currents.

2. Any inlet through which water alternately floods landward, with the rising tide, and ebbs seaward, with the falling tide (Jackson 1997).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028078
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesCoastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms; Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028078",
  "term": "tidal inlet",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An opening in the shoreline through which water penetrates the land, thereby providing a connection between the ocean and bays, lagoons, and marsh and tidal creek systems; the main channel of a tidal inlet is maintained by tidal currents.\n\n2. Any inlet through which water alternately floods landward, with the rising tide, and ebbs seaward, with the falling tide (Jackson 1997).",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tidal-inlet/"
}

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