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Estuary
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Estuary, английский
- A semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. healthy estuaries can have high rates of biological productivity.
- An inlet or shoaly arm of the sea into which a river or rivers empty, and subject to tidal influence.
- The wide tidal mouth of a river.
- (a) a seaward end or the widened funnel-shaped tidal mouth of a river valley where fresh water comes into contact with seawater and where tidal effects are evident; e.g., a tidal river, or a partially enclosed coastal body of water where the tide meets the current of a stream. (b) a portion of an ocean or an arm of the sea affected by fresh water. (c) a drowned river mouth formed by the subsidence of land near the coast or by the drowning of the lower portion of a non-glacial valley due to the rise of sea level. compare - lagoon. gg
- A coastal indentation or bay into which a river empties and where fresh water mixes with seawater.
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Eigs, английский
Ethiopian inst. of geological survey
Edips, английский
Eros digital image processing system
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