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Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park is an example of an intertidal zone ecosystem. Near low tide, the ebb current moves seawater toward the Indian Ocean and exposes salt flats, intertidal flats, and mangrove forests. https://go.nasa.gov/3NBIKka

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Mangroves on Eighty Mile Beach

Trees along this stretch of western Australia have an elongated root system that allows them to withstand high and low tides.
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