Various unhealthy substances are first filtered by the mud.
여러유해한물질들이진흙에의해먼저걸러진다.
Then, they are broken down by the plants and animals in the mudflats.
그런다음, 그물질들은식물들과동물들에의해갯벌속에서분해된다.
The water becomes much cleaner in the process.
물은이과정에서더깨끗해진다.
Mudflats provide yet another benefit.
갯벌은여전히또다른혜택을제공한다.
They produce large quantities of breathable oxygen, which is created by the vast amount of plankton living in the mud.
갯벌은진흙속에살고있는거대한양의플랑크톤이만든, 마실수있는엄청난양의산소를생산한다.
As a matter of fact, it is said that they produce more oxygen than a rainforest the same size would.
사실, 갯벌은같은크기의열대우림이만드는산소의양보다더많은산소를생산할것이라고여겨진다.
The basin of the Amazon River is noted for its mudflats.
아마존강의유역은그곳의갯벌로유명하다.
Other well-known mudflats around the world include the Atlantic coastal regions of both Canada and the United States and the coastal area along the North Sea in Germany.
세계의잘알려진다른갯벌들은캐나다와미국의대서양해안가그리고독일의북해해안가지역이있다.
The Korean peninsula itself is also remarkably rich in mudflats.
한국한반도또한갯벌이눈에띄게많다.
Those found along its west coast are considered impressive mudflats.
서해해안가에서발견되는이갯벌들은세계에서가장인상적인갯벌들의일부분이다.
People living nearby consider the mudflats to be like farms.
갯벌근처에사는사람들은갯벌들을농장과같이여긴다.
They harvest clams and other delicacies there just as their distant ancestors did hundreds and thousands of years ago.
그사람들은그들의백년그리고천년전조상들이그랬듯이그곳에서조개그리고다른해양생물들을수확한다.
In the past, some mudflats were reclaimed, and the land was used for agricultural or industrial purposes.
과거에몇갯벌들은개간되었고, 그리고땅은농경지또는산업적목적으로쓰였다.
People believed that mudflats were not useful, so they often wanted to transform them into other types of land.
사람들은갯벌들이유용하지않다고여겼으며그래서바뀌어야한다고믿었다.
Fortunately, people's opinions about mudflats have changed.
다행히도, 사람들의갯벌에대한인식은변화했다.
They are more aware of the importance of the environment and the need to protect it.
사람들은환경의중요성과환경을보호할필요성을좀더깨닫게되었다.
They have also begun to appreciate the beauty and delights of nature more fully.
또한사람들은자연의아름다움과기쁨을더충분히감상하기시작했다.
For example, the city of Boryeong, which is located by the West Sea, holds a mud festival in summer every year.
예를들어, 서해에위치한보령시는, 매여름마다진흙(머드) 축제를개최한다.
Despite its short history, the event has become extraordinarily popular with Koreans and many international visitors and has inspired millions of people to visit the beach each year.