<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 13:06, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If there is no slope in the area between the low and high tide line,<br>
and no wave action, you usually get a wetland=tidalflat (mud flat), or<br>
salt marsh, or mangroves, depending on the climate, not a beach.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sometimes wetland even if there is a slope. Depends on all sorts of factors. There's</div><div>a continuum between beach and wetland. Not a very broad one, but it's there. Mostly</div><div>it will obviously be one or the other, but there are bound to be exceptions. A wetland</div><div>in monsoon season might be a beach outside of that season. Unlikely but possible.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>