English: high energy littoral rock

Part of speech

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition

Littoral rock includes habitats of bedrock, boulders and cobbles which occur in the intertidal zone (the area of the shore between high and low tides) and the splash zone. Extremely exposed to moderately exposed or tide-swept bedrock and boulder shores.

Notes

Term o system ddosbarthu EUNIS o gynefinoedd morol. LR.HLR. yw’r Cod Cynefin. Mae’r Cyd-bwyllgor Cadwraeth Natur yn defnyddio system arall o gategoreiddio cynefinoedd morol, yn seiliedig ar system ddosbarthu EUNIS. Yn y drefn honno “high energy intertidal rock” yw’r term cyfatebol.