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found in estuaries
estuaries is where the salt water meets the freshwater

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Found in estuaries
stops ocean from eroding the land
natural filter

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Salt Marshes

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certain plants grow on salt marshes that lamb feed on. Salt marshes also protect the land from storms and coastal erosion

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Salt marshes are commonly found in estuaries. The plants that grow in salt marshes are salt tolerant plants such as grass. Humans use it as a resource for food and nutrients. They also are a good place for building a home. The water is naturally filtered.

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Salt Marshes

Location: River Estuaries
How it is formed: when sediment is brought in by the river and settles
Plants in marshes: Saltgrass, Saltmarsh bullrush, Saltwort, Woody Glasswort, Beach Tea
Benefits: Purifies water, Protection from storm and erosions,

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salt marshes are a coastal marsh they are found  in estuaries
They help prevent the land eroding

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Salt Marshes are commonly found in estuaries. Salt tolerant plants e.g. grass grows on salt marshes. Sand dunes have more hills and salt marshes contain more water. Salt marshes provide essential food, refuge or nursery habitat

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Salt marshes are found in estuaries which is where salt water meets fresh water.

They purify the water
Salt grass, saltwort, saltmarsh bullrush are the types of plants found growing there.

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Found in estuaries
plants that grow there have been adapted to salty conditions
they are a natural defense against erosion
purifies the water
stores carbon

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Salt marshes mainly contain 2 types of plants: glassworts and cordgrass. unlike sand dunes, salt marshes tend to be overall quite flat areas of land.

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salt marshes are found in estuaries.
They form where saltwater meets fresh water.

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The types of plants that grow on salt marshes are: salt grass, saltwort, salt marsh bullrush and many more...

Found in river estuaries

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- protects from natural hazards
- purify the water
- salty tolerant plants
- lots of animals
-  formed in middle to high latitudes
- found in estuaries
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They are found in estuaries where salt water meets fresh water

Salt marshes acts as a natural purifier for water.

Only the plants adapted to salt water can grow. Found around sand and mud flats, and transition to woodland and grassland