Intertidal definition

Intertidal means the zone above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (i.e., the area within the tidal range).

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Intertidal means the area in Oregon coastal bays, estuaries, and beaches between mean extreme low water and mean extreme high water boundaries.¶

Intertidal means the area in Oregon coastal bays, estuaries, and beaches between mean extreme low water

Examples of Intertidal in a sentence

• Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park Intertidal Area means the waters between the lowest astronomical tide and the mean high water mark, within the Determination Area, to be reserved under section 13 of the Conservation and Land Management Act for the purpose of Marine Park, and which are described in SCHEDULE 1 and shown on Map 4 in SCHEDULE 2.

• Following amendment to the CALM Act, unless otherwise agreed, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bay Intertidal Zones Reserves will be jointly managed by the CEO and Yawuru RNTBC pursuant to the relevant provisions of the CALM Act as if the areas were a conservation park.

• The shipping component of the Project would transect approximately 10 kilometres (km) of Tsawwassen’s Fishing Area and Intertidal Bivalve Area, areas where the Tsawwassen has the right to harvest fish and intertidal bivalves for food, social and ceremonial purposes, as set out in the Final Agreement.

• This right will be exercised within defined geographic areas known as the Tsawwassen Fishing Area and Tsawwassen Intertidal Bivalve Fishing Area, as described in the Final Agreement.

• For Cable Beach Intertidal Zone Reserves matters: two (2) Yawuru Representative Members, two (2) BSC Representative Members and two (2) Department Representative Members.

• Distribution of Birds in the Intertidal Portion of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia.

• In particular, the pipeline crossing of the Fraser River near the Port ▇▇▇▇ Bridge, the transit of ships through the Tsawwassen Fishing Area and Tsawwassen Intertidal Bivalve Harvest Area, and the brackish marshes in the Fraser River Delta adjacent to Tsawwassen Lands, are of great concern.

• Intertidal mud, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and gravel entrances to streams and rivers and upstream areas influenced by tidal flows.

• Intertidal and shallow subtidal invertebrates make up a substantial proportion of the diet of sea stars, fishes, birds, and sea otters.

• Intertidal and shallow subtidal zones are subject to contaminants transported from the land by runoff and from chemicals or debris that float or are contained in marine surface waters.

More Definitions of Intertidal

Intertidal means the area in Oregon coastal bays, estuaries, and beaches between mean extreme

Intertidal means an estuarine or marine environment with hard shore or sand beach in which the substrate is exposed and flooded by tides. It incorporates: (1) the splash area, which lies above the extreme high water level of spring tide; (2) the upper shore, which lies between the average high tide level and the extreme high water level of spring tides; (3) the midshore, which lies between the average low tide level and the average high tide level; and (4) the lower shore, which lies between the extreme low water level of spring tides to the average spring tide level.

Intertidal means the area of the marine shoreline that is exposed to air at mean low

Intertidal means landward of the Mean Low Water Spring (MLWS) mark and seaward of the mean high water spring (MHWS) mark as specified on the most recent UKHO ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Chart;