mudflat
noun
mud·flat
ˈməd-ˌflat 
: a level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water or alternately covered and left bare by the tide
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Steam rises from the glacial mudflats of Turnagain Arm after a summer rain in Alaska.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
It was placed in the Ria Formosa Natural Park in the crab’s natural habitat of southeastern Portugal along the mudflats and salt marshes.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
This little robot was deployed on a mudflat along with fiddler crabs in southern Portugal.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Using their flexible front fins, mudskippers wrench themselves across intertidal mudflats, over rocks and even up the trunks of mangrove trees.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
It was placed in the Ria Formosa Natural Park in the crab’s natural habitat of southeastern Portugal along the mudflats and salt marshes.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
This little robot was deployed on a mudflat along with fiddler crabs in southern Portugal.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Using their flexible front fins, mudskippers wrench themselves across intertidal mudflats, over rocks and even up the trunks of mangrove trees.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
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“Mudflat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudflat. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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mudflat
noun
mud·flat
ˈməd-ˌflat
: a level area of land that lies just below the surface of water or that is repeatedly covered and left bare by the tide
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