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Definition of Mud flat
1. Noun. A tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
Definition of Mud flat
1. Noun. A flat expanse of mud at the edge of a body of water, regularly inundated by e.g. tidal action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mud Flat
Literary usage of Mud flat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"THE mud flat. SEDIMENTATION. A FK\V years ago, in ascending the valley of the
Transport Aar, in Switzerland, I enjoyed an extraordinary op- ins power ..."
2. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"An extensive mud flat, submerged at high tide. (Copyright, 18<J0, by SR Stoddard,
Glens Falls, NY) The rise and fall of the tides is a great force in the ..."
3. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"The channel narrows in approaching the river, there being a long mud-flat,
extending about 6 miles to the northward, on the western side, which is sometimes ..."
4. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"THE mud flat. SEDIMENTATION. A FK\V years ago, in ascending the valley of the
Transport Aar, in Switzerland, I enjoyed an extraordinary op- ins power ..."
5. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"An extensive mud flat, submerged at high tide. (Copyright, 18<J0, by SR Stoddard,
Glens Falls, NY) The rise and fall of the tides is a great force in the ..."
6. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"The channel narrows in approaching the river, there being a long mud-flat,
extending about 6 miles to the northward, on the western side, which is sometimes ..."
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