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243:, as well as tidal lagoons and estuarial saline mudflats. The complex has a role in retaining incoming water and rainfall, stabilizing the shoreline, the retention of sediments and nutrients and also controlling their erosion, ground water replenishment and flood control, so Tanbi Wetlands acts as a hydrological buffer zone for the Banjul region.
363:°C, global sea level rise is still expected to exceed 2–3 m (7–10 ft) after 2000 years (and higher warming levels will see larger increases by then), consequently exceeding 2100 levels of sea level rise under RCP 8.5 (~0.75 m (2 ft) with a range of 0.5–1 m (2–3 ft)) well before the year 4000.
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