Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands SSSI
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Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands SSSI is a 255.62 hectare
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland, England
notified in 1997.
It consists of two disjunct areas - foreshore and wetlands , and forms a complex of wetland SSSIs along with Cowpen Marsh
, Seal Sands
and South Gare and Coatham Sands.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
notified in 1997.
It consists of two disjunct areas - foreshore and wetlands , and forms a complex of wetland SSSIs along with Cowpen Marsh
Cowpen Marsh
Cowpen Marsh is a 116.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland, England notified in 1966.-Source:* -External links:* *...
, Seal Sands
Seal Sands
Seal Sands is a 294.37 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland, England, notified in 1966.Situated in the mouth of the River Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton-on-Tees Channel, and accessible from the A178 road running between Seaton Carew and Port Clarence.- Source...
and South Gare and Coatham Sands.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 6 August 2006)