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Wadden Sea
UNESCO site
Date of Insscription: 2009
The Wadden Sea is the largest
unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers
the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Parks of
Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and most of the Danish Wadden Sea maritime
conservation area. It is a large, temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland
environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and
biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats
with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars,
mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is home to numerous
plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal,
grey seal and harbour porpoise. Wadden Sea is one of the last remaining
large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function
largely undisturbed..
Source: unesco.org
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