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

• Baluchi: بدوک
• Chinese: 潮間帶／潮间带 (zh) (cháojiāndài)
• Faroese: fjøra f
• Finnish: vuorovesivyöhyke
• French: estran (fr) m (Europe), batture (fr) f (Quebec)
• German: Gezeitenzone f, Gezeitenschorre f
• Greek: αλίπεδο (el) n (alípedo)
• Irish: urthrá f
• Italian: bagnasciuga (it) m, battigia (it) f
• Maori: taihua, matāwhanga, ara o Hinekirikiri, tuaone
• Scottish Gaelic: raon eadar-thràghaidh m, seal-mara m
• Welsh: parth rhynglanw m