Meaning

2 senses
  1. The intertidal zone

  2. The zone of shallow water to the limit at which plants root.

More definitions
  • the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The littoral zone is vital for various marine species and provides a beautiful landscape for coastal activities.

Forms

plural: littoral zones
Singularlittoral zone
Plurallittoral zones

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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