The three main types of beach considered here are:
- rocky shores
- flat, sandy (and shingle) beaches
- mudflats in lagoons and estuaries.
Many of the beaches in Aotearoa New Zealand are made up of more than one of these types or variations of them.
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- Monitoring rocky shore communities
- Mt Maunganui surf beach
- Mangroves act as a buffer (mudflats)
- Classifying marine habitats
Image: Piha Beach, Aleksei Potov, 123RF Ltd.
