Photo 8 (Return)
King’s Quay Tidal Inlet, 20.09.00.
A sequence of habitats extends from seaward to landward as follows: mobile sand and gravel spits at the entrance, saltmarsh, mudflats and reed swamp merging south westwards into freshwater habitats. Note the topographic control of the margins which confines the estuarine habitats within the valley potentially making them sensitive to sea-level rise. The spits protecting the entrance are derived from eastward and westward drift of sands and gravels converging upon the inlet.