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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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Its Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) data was interpreted as a roughness on the methane-ethane lake, which could have been a sign of mudflats, surfacing bubbles, or waves.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
That is, until May 2023, when a team of researchers came upon the remains while surveying mudflats near Nordstrand, located about 100 miles north of Hamburg.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
On average, 25 bodies have been retrieved from the 47-mile urban stretch of the Thames each year since 2012, according to Metropolitan police figures, most found washed up on mudflats or spotted floating in the water.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Feb. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Its Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) data was interpreted as a roughness on the methane-ethane lake, which could have been a sign of mudflats, surfacing bubbles, or waves.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
That is, until May 2023, when a team of researchers came upon the remains while surveying mudflats near Nordstrand, located about 100 miles north of Hamburg.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
On average, 25 bodies have been retrieved from the 47-mile urban stretch of the Thames each year since 2012, according to Metropolitan police figures, most found washed up on mudflats or spotted floating in the water.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Feb. 2024
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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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