intertidal zone

intertidal zone

English

Noun

intertidal zone (plural intertidal zones)

1. (oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.

Synonyms

• foreshore
• tidal zone

Translations

part of a beach

Chinese: 潮間帶 (zh) (cháojiāndài) Faroese: fjøra f Finnish: vuorovesivyöhyke French: estran (fr) m (Europe), batture (fr) f (Quebec) German: Gezeitenzone f, Gezeitenschorre f

Greek: αλίπεδο n (alípedo) Irish: urthrá f Italian: bagnasciuga (it) m, battigia (it) f Maori: taihua, matāwhanga, ara o Hinekirikiri