intertidal littoral zone

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• Littoral zone — Littoral redirects here. For other uses, see Littoral (disambiguation). Marine habitats Different disciplines and agencies divide the littoral zone into different subregions, according to how they want to view the zone. This diagram show …   Wikipedia

• littoral zone — ▪ marine ecology       marine ecological realm that experiences the effects of tidal and longshore currents and breaking waves to a depth of 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 feet) below the low tide level, depending on the intensity of storm waves. The… …   Universalium

• littoral — [lit′ə rəl] adj. [L litoralis < litus (gen. litoris), seashore, coast, prob. < IE * leitos < base * lei , to flow > Welsh lli, sea, flood] 1. of, on, or along the shore, esp. a seashore 2. designating or of the intertidal ecological… …   English World dictionary

• Intertidal zone — The intertidal zone (also known as the foreshore) is the area that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, for example, the area between tide marks. This area can include many different types of habitats, including steep… …   Wikipedia

• intertidal — adjective Date: 1883 of, relating to, or being the part of the littoral zone above low tide mark • intertidally adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Intertidal — Estran Estran à marée basse dans les Côtes d Armor, en France. L estran, aussi appelé batture au Québec, est la partie du littoral située entre les niveaux connus des plus hautes et des plus basses mers. On utilise aussi pour le désigner le terme …   Wikipédia en Français

• littoral — /lit euhr euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean. 2. (on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone …   Universalium

• littoral — the intertidal zone between high and low tides marks; the shallower shore waters of the continental shelf from 0 to 200 metres depth, a usage no longer recommended. The latter was divided into eulittoral and sublittoral (q.v.). In lakes littoral… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• littoral — lit•to•ral [[t]ˈlɪt ər əl[/t]] adj. 1) geo of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean 2) ecl geo oce (on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high water line 3) ecl geo of or… …   From formal English to slang

• littoral — Synonyms and related words: aquatic, balneal, bank, beach, benthic zone, berm, bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, coast, coastal, coastland, coastline, deep sea, determinant, determinative, determining, embankment, estuarine, estuarine… …   Moby Thesaurus

• intertidal zone — The area bounded by the high and low tide lines; also known as the littoral …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology