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  1. European estuarine area (tidal flats, salt
  2. marshes, islands, and inlets) north of the
  3. Netherlands and West Germany, and west of
  4. Denmark; area 10,000 sq km/4,000 sq mi. It is
  5. the nursery for the North Sea fisheries, but
  6. the ecology is threatened by tourism and
  7. other development.
  8.