| Definitions | | infralittoral |
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noun
- The region of shallow water closest to the shore; in marine environments, usually excluding the intertidal zone.
adjective
- situated in the region of shallow water nearest the shore.
- 2004, M.P. Singh, Environment and Pollution, page 159
- : The lowest zone over exposed, and the only at extreme low tides, is called the fringe.
- 2004, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, page 10
- : Some marine biologists also recognize supralittoral and fringes, which are wetted only by extreme high tides or high waves ....
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