Watts are areas in the intertidal zone of the coasts that dry at low tide. It can be sand, mixed, silt or Felswatt. The term watts derives from the Old Frisian word wada wada "by wading passable, shallow, shallow." [1] Very extensive, by Prielen durchzogene Watt areas on flat coasts form together with immediately adjacent areas, such. B. salt marshes, a Wadden Sea. Watts are also available in the riparian zone and in side arms of estuaries. The tidal flats fall dry twice within 24 hours due to the tides and are twice flooded again.

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October 23, 2021

"Watt'n fun.
But a cold one.
At first a little hesitantly, but then more and more courageously, we move into the vanished Wadden Sea, at least at the entrance to an "official" mudflat hiking route.
We soon learn that it makes sense to follow the sandy creeks and avoid the green-gray shimmering elevations, as we could damage something here by stamping our feet and these are also incredibly slippery.
If we leave the sandy bottom anyway, our feet sink into the black silt.
A little disgusting at first, then pure pleasure.
The further we leave the coastline behind us, the more extensive the sandy areas become and we make good progress.
We want to take a closer look at the ominous containers that visibly shape the southern coastline of Spiekeroog.
According to hearsay, there are test stations at the University of Oldenburg in which experiments with plantings are carried out.
We don't get to see anything green or even floral, but the metal trunks are impressive up close when we walk around some of them.
Freezing; It finally gets too cold on our feet, so we hurry back to the somewhat firmer and drier ground. "

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