na * 
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open sea, until the incoming flood-tide, which flows in from both sides 
twice daily, stops the ebbing water and turns it back. The water now 
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| schleswig - holsteinische 
Wattenmeer 
mit den 
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Stromrinnen 
und Tiefen in Metern. 
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ped land 
aoa 
Nordslrandischmoor 
5 E 
pine. 
= 
SbSe En Te RESELL 
s of Schleswick- 
ai 
flat 
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Map of the sea- 
rises once more. The Leien and Tiefen can no longer hold it, and it 
finally flooding them to 
pours over their banks and over the flats, 
