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VEGETATION AND HABITAT OF THE SALT MARSHES AND BEACH PLAINS IN THE SOUTH‐WESTERN PART OF THE NETHERLANDS
Author(s) -
Beeftink W. G.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
wentia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0511-4780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1966.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - salt marsh , habitat , marsh , vegetation (pathology) , citation , geography , salt lake , physical geography , archaeology , ecology , library science , geology , wetland , computer science , geomorphology , biology , medicine , pathology , structural basin
Geographically the coasts of the Netherlands can be devided into three parts: (1) The coastal area (Wadden Area) of the Shallows and the Frisian Islands in the north, (2) the straight coast-line of beaches and dunes between Den Helder and Hook ofHolland, in which no salt marshes occur and (3) the south-westernpart of thecountry characterized by estuarine formations. The Wadden Area consists ofvast sand and mud flats, separated by creeks and channels of different dimensions. In the direction of the