Starting from the shoreline, the littoral zone begins at the spray region just above the high tide mark. Littoral can also be found as a noun referring to a coastal region or, more technically, to the shore zone between the high tide and low tide points The noun dates from the early 19th century. Of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean. See examples of littoral used in a sentence. The part of a river, lake, or sea close to the land
Three different shelf settings are distinguished Littoral, inner sublittoral, and outer sublittoral environments. Of or on a shore, especially a seashore The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides N., from italian littorale, from latin lītorālis.] Definition of littoral noun in oxford advanced american dictionary
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