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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The pool was built on unstable mudflats that have shifted over the decades, cracking the pool’s concrete and causing massive leaks.
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New York Times, 31 May 2026
Patches of seagrass meadows and mangrove forests line the coasts, as do mudflats that serve as crucial feeding sites for migratory birds.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Narrow water channels snake through the mudflats.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Such fluidity also extends to Amrum itself, where the land and water ebb and flow into one another, forming mudflats and murky patches of quicksand.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
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New York Times, 31 May 2026
Patches of seagrass meadows and mangrove forests line the coasts, as do mudflats that serve as crucial feeding sites for migratory birds.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Narrow water channels snake through the mudflats.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Such fluidity also extends to Amrum itself, where the land and water ebb and flow into one another, forming mudflats and murky patches of quicksand.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Mudflat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudflat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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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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