中国滨海湿地的分类

Classification of Coastal Wetlands of China

滨海湿地是海平面以下6米至大潮高潮位之上与外流江河流域相连的微咸水和淡浅水湖泊、沼泽以及相应河段间的区域,分潮上带淡水湿地、潮间带滩涂湿地、潮下带近海湿地和河口沙洲离岛湿地四个子系统及若干型。对各个子系统和型进行了界定。

Coastal wetlands were the mild-salt water or fresh water lakes, marshs and corresponding river regions, all of which located between 6m below sea-level and the catchment areas of streams which flowed into seas. The coastal wetland system of China was classified into 4 sub-systems : supratidal zone fresh water wetlands, intertidal wetlands , subtidal zone inshore wetlands and sandbanks, islets at estuarine area and offshore islands, each of which including several types. The sub-systems and types were defined.