Wadden Sea

World Heritage
Denmark
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The Wadden Sea is the world's largest continuous intertidal sand and mud flat system. The area encompasses the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Park in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and most of the Danish Wadden Sea Marine Protected Area. It is a vast, mild-climatic, relatively flat coastal wetland environment formed by an intricate interaction of physical and biological factors that have resulted in numerous transitional habitats including tidal channels, sandy beaches, seagrass meadows, mussel beds, sandbanks, mud flats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is home to a wide range of plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as seals, grey seals and harbour porpoises. The Wadden Sea is one of the last remaining large intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to operate largely undisturbed.

North Frisian Islands

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Map showing the Wadden Sea in dark blue

Harbor seals on Terschelling, Netherlands

The mudflats of the Pilsumer Watt near Greetsiel, Germany

People on the beach on Borkum, Germany

Mudflat hiking near Pieterburen, Netherlands

Salt marsh and mudflats in Westerhever, Germany

Wadden Sea, 1 = Lauwersmeer National Park, Netherlands 2 = Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, Ge...

Wadden Sea, 1 = Lauwersmeer National Park, Netherlands 2 = Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, Ge...

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geoshape WaddenSea
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0hjlg
Commons category Wadden Sea
coordinate location Point(6.883333333 53.533333333)
named as Waddenzee (Severní moře)
located on terrain feature East Frisia
located on terrain feature North Sea
topic's main category Category:Wadden Sea
page banner http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wadden%20Sea%20banner.jpg
tributary Concepción, Santa Cruz
tributary 'Palen Creek' State Forest
replaces Khopoli railway station
start time 2002-10-11T00:00:00Z
different from Wadden Sea
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/netherlands/waddensea-area/
located in protected area Wadden Sea National Park
located in protected area Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
located in protected area Bangaan Rice Terraces
named as Wadden Sea
country Germany
country Denmark
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/13-09-29-nordfriesisches-wattenmeer-RalfR-19.jpg
instance of Roca Roja
instance of Lübeck-Schlutup
locator map image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morze%20Wattowe.png
executive body Wadden Sea
tributary 'Palen Creek' State Forest
tributary Concepción, Santa Cruz
floruit Waddenzee