Sun- burnished waters from a lagoon—after its banks suddenly burst—pour across sand flats toward the sea.

从礁湖出来的给阳光镀亮的水流—在流过堤岸后就突然爆发—倾泻过沙地而通往大海。

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Mangrove has been found growing on the flats of all sediment types except gravel, sand, silt and clay.

在除命名为砾、砂、粉砂和粘土之外的其它沉积物类型上，都已发现有红树植物生长分布。

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The Severn was selected as one of the best areas in the UK for mudflats, sand flats and Atlantic salt meadows.

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She said most homeowners do not begrudge laws protecting the plover, a compact, pale shorebird with coloring that makes it all but vanish against the open sand flats where it nests.

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She saw nothing but vacant sand flats.

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