Sentences with phrase «expose mudflats»

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Bay muds often have a high organic content, consisting of decayed organisms at lower depths, but may also contain living creatures when they occur at the upper soil layer and become exposed by low tides; then, they are called mudflats, an important ecological zone for shorebirds and many types of marine organisms.

Unlike land - based farms, he can only harvest when the tide recedes, leaving over a mile of mudflats, and shellfish, exposed.