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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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.
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Feb. 2024
More shorebird species will follow, and if the area stays dry enough to expose sandbars and mudflats along the river and area ponds, something really nice may show up.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
More than an hour of constant scoping of distant beach and mudflats yielded no snowy plover, though black-bellied, semipalmated, piping and Wilson’s plovers were all present.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Read full article The collapse of the walkway led to a chaotic scene in which visitors fell tumbling to a mudflat several feet below.
—Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Feb. 2024
More shorebird species will follow, and if the area stays dry enough to expose sandbars and mudflats along the river and area ponds, something really nice may show up.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
More than an hour of constant scoping of distant beach and mudflats yielded no snowy plover, though black-bellied, semipalmated, piping and Wilson’s plovers were all present.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Read full article The collapse of the walkway led to a chaotic scene in which visitors fell tumbling to a mudflat several feet below.
—Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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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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