Salt marshes are important because of their role in regulating lagoon hydrodynamics. They are consistent ground areas which are almost always above water and are only sometimes submerged. They enhance water exchange, lessen the action of wave motion and provide a home for both a wide variety of vegetation (typical of brackish water areas) and for a wide variety of bird life
Mud flats are areas with no vegetation which are normally underwater, emerging only during particular tidal conditions (low tides during spring tide cycles), they are soft land areas.
MOSE Project (Modulo Elettromeccanico – Experimental Electromechanical Module) is a project intended to protect the city of Venice. Is an integrated defence system consisting of rows of mobile gates able to isolate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea when the tide reaches above an established level (110 cm) and up to a maximum of 3 m. Together with other complementary measures such as coastal reinforcement, the raising of quaysides and paving and improvement of the lagoon environment, these barriers will protect the city of Venice from extreme events such as the floods and from morphological degradation. Work on the project has been underway since 2003 at the three lagoon inlets of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia, the gaps connecting the lagoon with the sea and through which the tide ebbs and flows.
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