The increased risk of inundation from storms would require even higher sea walls for protection.
These probably functioned to regulate the rate and timing of seasonal inundation and subsequent drainage of the lagoon and adjoining fields.
In the floodplain forests the inundation phase is followed by a short dry season, when the rainfalls start late.
Why do slatey-grey snakes show so little modification of their spatial ecology in the face of this dramatic seasonal inundation?
On the east side of the cobble embankment, a thick bed of black clay indicates that the area was subjected to periods of inundation.
For species that do not tolerate complete inundation of several months, fast height growth should be considered as an adaptation for escaping total flooding.
The point of maximum inundation may occur to the side, as well as directly on the line, of reflective symmetry.
The country consequently does not lose beachfront property through inundation but rather interior land.
