Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations

Evidence of rising sea level · By Dirk Frankenberg

Land & Marsh

Figure 7. The salt marsh barely rises above sea level. (Photograph by the author. More about the photograph)

Figure 7 gives another view of the salt marsh shown in Figure 6. Here, you can see the similarity in height of the tidal water and the marsh surface.

Definitions

salt marsh n.
A low coastal grassland frequently overflowed by the tide.
marsh n.
A low-lying wet land usually between land and water consists of mostly grassy vegetation. [more]