Wadden Sea

The Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer in German, Waddenzee in Dutch, Waadsee in Frisian, Wattensee in Low Saxon, Vadehavet in Danish) is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the North Sea.

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German - Dutch - Frisian - Low Saxon - Danish - Wetlands - Europe - North Sea

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The Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder in the Netherlands in the southwest, past the river estuaries of Germany to its northern boundary at Esbjerg in Denmark along a total length of some 500 km and a total area of about 10,000 km².

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Den Helder - Netherlands - Germany - Esbjerg - Denmark

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It is typified by extensive tidal mud flats, deeper tidal trenches and the islands that are contained within this, a region continually contested by land and sea. The landscape had been formed for a great part by storm tides.

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Mud flat - Island - Storm tide

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The Wadden Sea is famous for the rich fauna, avifauna and flora. Today, a great part of the Wadden Sea is protected in cooperation of all three countries; see Wadden Sea National Parks for the protected areas within the German borders.

Related Topics:
Fauna - Avifauna - Wadden Sea National Parks

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For the islands, see the applicable sections of List of islands of the Netherlands.

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