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Strandwall
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Schmelzwasser aus dem Norden und die angeschwollenen Flüsse prallten gegen die trockengefallene Küste, die damals aus einer fast durchgehenden Dünenreihe bestand, dem Strandwall.
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Meltwater from the north and swollen rivers from the mainland hammered against the dry coast, which then consisted of a virtually continuous barrier of sand bars.
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Durch die Mündungen der Flüsse und das Einströmen von Meerwasser durch den durchbrochenen Strandwall wurden die Schlick- und Wattflächen von Rinnen durchzogen.
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These surfaces were cleaved through by channels originating at the mouths of the rivers on the landside and the seawater flowing between the broken sand bar barrier on the seaside.
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