Lying Sheep Along Groninger Waddenzee, Netherlands Royalty-Free Stock Photography

A sheep is resting along the Waddenzee in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. It is a large, temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is very important for birds.