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The Wadden Sea ( , Low German
Low German

Low German or Low Saxon is any of the regional language varieties of the West Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands....
: Wattensee, West Frisian
West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian language and North Frisian language, which are spoken in Germany...
: Waadsee) is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
.

Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder
Den Helder

Media:Nl-Den Helder.ogg is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula....
 in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 in the southwest, past the river estuaries of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 to its northern boundary at Skallingen north of Esbjerg
Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region Syddanmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny S?trup, from the Venstre Politics of Denmark....
 in Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 along a total length of some 500 km and a total area of about 10,000 kmē.

The islands in the Wadden Sea are called the Frisian Islands
Frisian Islands

||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north-west of the Netherlands through Germany to the west of Denmark....
.

area is typified by extensive tidal mud flats (the word "wad" is Dutch for "mud flat"), deeper tidal trenches and the island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s that are contained within this, a region continually contested by land and sea.






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The Wadden Sea ( , Low German
Low German

Low German or Low Saxon is any of the regional language varieties of the West Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands....
: Wattensee, West Frisian
West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian language and North Frisian language, which are spoken in Germany...
: Waadsee) is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
.

Geography

The Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder
Den Helder

Media:Nl-Den Helder.ogg is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula....
 in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 in the southwest, past the river estuaries of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 to its northern boundary at Skallingen north of Esbjerg
Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region Syddanmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny S?trup, from the Venstre Politics of Denmark....
 in Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 along a total length of some 500 km and a total area of about 10,000 kmē.

The islands in the Wadden Sea are called the Frisian Islands
Frisian Islands

||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north-west of the Netherlands through Germany to the west of Denmark....
.

Nature

Wadden Sea Wilhelmshaven
The area is typified by extensive tidal mud flats (the word "wad" is Dutch for "mud flat"), deeper tidal trenches and the island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s that are contained within this, a region continually contested by land and sea. The landscape has been formed for a great part by storm tide
Storm tide

A storm tide is a tide with a high flood period caused by a storm. Storm tides can be a severe danger to the coast and the people living along the coast....
s in the 10th - 14th century, destroying peat land behind the coastal dunes.

The Wadden Sea is famous for the rich fauna, avifauna
Avifauna

The term avifauna can be used in one of two senses:* to mean "bird fauna" i.e. the bird species found in a particular geographic region * to refer to a book about the status of the bird fauna of a particular geographic region ....
 and flora. Today, a great part of the Wadden Sea is protected in cooperation of all three countries; see Wadden Sea National Parks
Wadden Sea National Parks

The Wadden Sea National Parks are located along the Germany coast of the North Sea. Named after the Wadden Sea, they consist of three national parks:...
 for the protected areas within the German borders.

The Governments of the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have been working together since 1978 on the protection and conservation of the Wadden Sea. Co-operation covers management, monitoring and research, as well as political matters. Furthermore, in 1982, a Joint Declaration on the Protection of the Wadden Sea was agreed upon to co-ordinate activities and measures for the protection of the Wadden Sea. In 1997, a Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan was adopted.

The Wadden sea was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 14, 1987.

Recreation

Some Frisians practice the traditional sport or recreation of wadlopen
Wadlopen

Mudflat hiking is a recreation enjoyed by Frisians, Dutch , Germans, Danish people, and others in the Netherlands, northwest Germany and in Denmark....
, or low-tide sea-walking in the Wadden Sea. It is also a popular region for pleasure boating.

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Visitor Links

  • for the Northernmost part of the National Park: The Danish Wadden Sea