1. of or pertaining to the littoral region that is above the low-water mark and below the high-water mark.
Examples from the web for intertidal
- Mangroves are habitats of enclosed intertidal mud flats with wave action greatly reduced, located near sources of fresh water.
- Two of the main natural attractions of the island are its mangroves intertidal area walks.
- The inside of a body, however, poses many of the same challenges as an intertidal zone.
- Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated.
- Mangroves are tropical, intertidal forests composed of salt-tolerant trees and plants.
- Winds and tides together have produced the huge, sandy intertidal zone across which you are trudging.
- Shoreline intertidal communities span the area between the mean high water line and lowest spring tide level.
- Human disturbance and long-term changes on a rocky intertidal community.
- Construction of bulkheads and other shoreline armoring can bury the upper intertidal zone.
British Dictionary definitions for intertidal
adjective 1. of or relating to the zone of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark
Word Origin and History for intertidal
intertidal in Science
intertidal (ĭn'tər-tīd'l)
Relating to the region between the high tide mark and the low tide mark.
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