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Tide-Dominated Beach

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028091

Beaches that occur in areas of high tide range (10-15 times the wave height) and usually lower waves; wave height is very low. Tide-dominated beaches include reflective beaches with sand ridges, reflective beaches with sand flats, reflective beaches with tidal sand flats, reflective beaches with tidal mud flats, and reflective beaches with rock flats.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028091
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal 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-028091",
  "term": "Tide-Dominated Beach",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Beaches that occur in areas of high tide range (10-15 times the wave height) and usually lower waves; wave height is very low. Tide-dominated beaches include reflective beaches with sand ridges, reflective beaches with sand flats, reflective beaches with tidal sand flats, reflective beaches with tidal mud flats, and reflective beaches with rock flats.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tide-dominated-beach/"
}

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