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tidal flat in American Englishnountideland that is flat or nearly flat and often muddy or marshy Examples of 'tidal flat' in a sentencetidal flat Bright reflections of sky drifted across the shining tidal flats.Try your hand at catching your own - at low tide it's common to see people collecting shellfish, or digging for clams on the tidal flats.Sunbathers can pick from seaside and lagoon-side beaches, while flora and fauna get to pick from marshes, tidal flats, dunes and saltpans.These tidal flats are a magnet for waders and huge flocks of eider, and even in foul weather, the beach has a mesmerising quality.Already an orderly mini-city of vast sheds, office buildings and apartment blocks, even a port, is rising on what were, until recently, tidal flats.Ducks and wading birds come crowding to the tidal flats to sift, scythe, swipe or probe for these and other invertebrates. |