salt marsh
Salt marshes are regularly flooded by salty or brackish water. This topic is part of Wetlands within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
salt marsh trivia questions
A salt marsh is a coastal wetland influenced by what?
Answer: Tides
Bonus fact: Salt marshes are regularly flooded by salty or brackish water.
What kind of plants dominate salt marshes?
Answer: Salt-tolerant grasses and herbs
Bonus fact: Halophytes can tolerate salty soils.
Salt marshes help coastlines by reducing what?
Answer: Erosion and storm impacts
Bonus fact: Dense vegetation slows waves and traps sediment.
What is a salt marsh?
Answer: A coastal wetland flooded and drained by salt water from tides
Bonus fact: NOAA says salt marshes occur especially along protected shorelines and in estuaries.