Rugao sediment shoals are located at the middle-upper part of this reach, in the confluent area of estuary tidal current and river flow.

如皋沙群位于澄通河段中上部，处于河口潮汐与径流交汇区。

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The tidal estuary covers an area from Shingle Street to Aldeburgh along the coast and inland to Blaxhall.

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The beach is part of the Taw-Torridge estuary area, the tidal well above Barnstaple and Bideford.

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