The marine clay landscape

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What are salt marshes?

Areas where so much marine clay is deposited that they are only flooded by a very high tide.

Where can marine clay be found in the Netherlands?

Around the Wadden sea, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Flevoland. It can also be found in polders

How was the marine clay landscape formed?

In the beginning of the Holocene (glacial period, about 12.000 years ago), the sea level started to rise. In the transition zone of sea and land, deposition and erosion took place.
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What features can be found in the marine clay landscape?

Polders, dykes, mounds and salt marshes.

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