Wadden Sea

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The Wadden Sea is a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands, rich in biological diversity

The word wad is Dutch for "mud flat". The area is typified by extensive tidal mud flats, deeper tidal trenches (tidal creeks) and the islands that are contained within this, a region continually contested by land and sea. The landscape has been formed for a great part by storm tides in the 10th to 14th centuries, overflowing and carrying away former peat land behind the coastal dunes. The present islands are a remnant of the former coastal dunes.

Year	Decision	Comments
2009	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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• The Wadden Sea
• Country: Netherlands Germany
• Year: 2009
• Natural Heritage
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• Category: Natural landscape, Marine / Coastal
• Connections: Animal Migrations . On National Border . Ramsar Wetlands .
  
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