Velma is a Venetian dialect term, derived from melma, the Italian word for mud. Italian scientists use it for lagoonal mudflats such as those of the Lagoon of Venice: shallow lagoon bottoms that are normally submerged but emerge at low tide, generally without vegetation apart from occasional stands of Zostera noltii. They form from sediment carried in by the sea and by stronger currents and settle on the lagoon floor, often along the edges of a lagoon barene.
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