intertidal zone

English

Noun

intertidal zone (plural intertidal zones)

(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.

Synonyms

foreshore
tidal zone

Translations

part of a beach

Chinese: 潮間帶 (zh) (cháojiāndài)
Faroese: fjøra f
Finnish: vuorovesivyöhyke
French: estran (fr) m (Europe), batture (fr) f (Quebec)
German: Gezeitenzone f, Gezeitenschorre f

Greek: αλίπεδο n (alípedo)
Irish: urthrá f
Italian: bagnasciuga (it) m, battigia (it) f
Maori: taihua, matāwhanga, ara o Hinekirikiri

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