Areas of brackish, shallow water usually found in coastal areas and in deltas. There are also inland marshes in arid areas where the water has a high salt level because of evaporation. They are environmentally delicate areas, extremely vulnerable to pollution by industrial or agricultural chemicals, or to thermal pollution, which often results when river water has been used as the coolant in power stations and industrial plants. (Source: WRIGHT)



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Bornman TG, Adams JB, Bezuidenhout C 2004. Adaptations of salt marsh to semi-arid environments and management implications for the Orange River mouth. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59 (2) 125-131
Cardoso JF, Costa JC, Neto C, Duarte MC, Monteiro-Henriques T 2021. Plant communities of Namibe saltmarshes (southwest of Angola). Finisterra 56 (116) 99-114
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Cunningham PL, Jankowitz W 2010. A Review of Fauna and Flora Associated with Coastal and Inland Saline Flats from Namibia with Special Reference to the Etosha Pan. Sabkha Ecosystems. Tasks for Vegetation Science 46 9-17
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