The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways , mudflats and small islands of salt - tolerant mangrove forests , and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes 该国家公园内遍布潮汐河道、泥滩和耐盐的红树林，提供了一个很好的成长型生态过程范例。
If the bay were to be flushed with marine water of higher salinity , then it is very likely that these mudflat fauna will die , thus having a knock - on effect on the waterbirds that uses the bay 若盐份较浓的海水流入后海湾，极可能导致泥滩动物死亡，并对使用后海湾的水禽构成严重打击。
About 1 500 hectares of mudflats , fish ponds , marshes , reedbeds and dwarf mangroves provide a rich habitat for migratory and resident birds , particularly ducks and waders 这片湿地面积约1500公顷，有泥滩、渔塘、沼泽、芦苇丛和矮红树，适宜候鸟和留鸟栖息，对野鸭和涉禽类更为合适。
During the spring and autumn migrations , some 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 waders regularly use the mai po mudflats as a site to rest and refuel before they continue their long journey 每年春秋两季， 20 , 000至30 , 000只涉禽选择米埔的泥滩作为中途休息站，储备足够的能量后再继续它们的长途迁徙旅程。
Tai ho , located at the northeastern part of lantau island , has diverse types of ecological habitats including fung shui woods , mangrove and mudflat habitats , sea grass beds and a bat roosting site 大蚝位于大屿山东北部，拥有多样化的生态环境，包括风水林红树林及泥滩海草床及蝙蝠的栖息地。
The present character of the deep bay mudflat has been created over centuries by the pattern of water flow around the bay , and the level of silt in the water which deposits on the mudflat 后海湾的浑浊度和水文均是该地的重要特徵，亦同样具国际价值。湾内沉积物堆积和侵蚀的模式形成如今的泥滩。
Halosere a plant community in a succession that starts on land periodically inundated by the sea . haloseres include salt - and flooding - tolerant pioneer communities on mudflats and saltmarshes 盐生演替系列：是一种在周期性被海水淹没的陆地上进行演替的植物群落。它包括那些在泥滩和盐沼上生活的耐盐耐淹的先锋群落。
A wide variety of landforms , such as bays , projecting headlands , peninsulas , rock cliffs , sand pits and beaches can be found within double haven ( yan chau tong ) creating diversified beach types ranging from mudflat to rocky shores 印洲塘有多种地形，例如海湾、突出的陆岬、半岛、石崖、沙坑及海滩，并有泥滩、石岸等多类海滩。
