tidal zone


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Noun 1. tidal zone - an area subject to tidal action
zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
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Near the coast it is the tidal zone and along inland water bodies it's where seasonal water level fluctuations, including floods, are accommodated.
Investigators did not find any marks showing that the vehicle either accelerated or slowed down before it reached the cliff, or any evidence that it crashed into the embankment as it "traversed towards the tidal zone below," according the documents cited by KPTV.
The main goals of this study were: 1) the comparison of the diet of both species from a taxonomic point of view; 2) the comparison between feeding habits, taking into account the habitats of prey consumed by both species (position in the water column, tidal zone, and substrate); and 3) analyzing the variation in the overlap of the diet according to the availability of prey.
An engineer must also account for ice that can form along the entire length of the pile where each successive tide can add a new layer of ice in the tidal zone. The ice acts not only with more force due to gravity when the tide is out but acts with force in the opposite direction when the attached ice becomes buoyant when the tide is in.
Due to the repeated flooding, the intertidal zones were divided into high tidal zone, middle tidal zone, and low tidal zone.
Sarah Moss, an associate professor of the university's writing programme, released her fifth book The Tidal Zone on July 17.
THE TIDAL ZONE by Sarah Moss (Granta, paperback PS12.99, ebook PS8.54).
ANOVA was also used to test for significant differences in geometric mean ENT levels by tidal zone, when beaches were grouped by the amount of wave action and by existence of a point source of pollution on or near the beach.

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