Shallow coastal water bodies and submerged sediment platforms, including lagoons, sandbanks, estuarine marshes and the continental shelves that lie off the coast. A feature belongs here when its cited article describes a lagoon, a sandbank or a continental shelf. It excludes salt flats and plateaus. Sediment carried by rivers and tides builds these features, and they shelter fisheries and wildlife while changing slowly with sea level.
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Albufera de València (Wikipedia)
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The Albufera de València (Valencian: [albuˈfeɾa ðe vaˈlensia]) is a freshwater lagoon and estuary on the Gulf of Valencia coast of the Valencian Community in eastern Spain.
Mar Menor (Wikipedia)
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Mar Menor (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌmaɾ meˈnoɾ], "minor/smaller sea") is a coastal saltwater lagoon in the Iberian Peninsula located south-east of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, Spain, near Cartagena.
Koresand (Wikipedia)
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Koresand is a sandbank in the Wadden Sea off the coast of Jutland in Denmark.
Northeastern United States Continental Shelf (Wikipedia)
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The Northeastern United States Continental Shelf (NEUS) is the large marine ecosystem designated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that occupies the portion of the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean.
Continental shelf of Chile (Wikipedia)
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The continental shelf of Chile is the underwater extension adjacent to the Chilean coasts that stretches from the shoreline to the edge of the continental shelf in the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
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