Estuary

Estuary:
The broad lower course of a river that is encroached on by the sea and affected by the tides.

estuary -- n. An area where fresh water comes into contact with seawater, usually in a partly enclosed coastal body of water; a mix of fresh and salt water where the current of a stream meets the tides; estuarine- adj.

estuary
An estuary is the area where a river meets the sea or ocean, where fresh water from the river meets salt water from the sea.

headwaters
Headwaters are streams and rivers (tributaries) that are the source of a stream or river.

The Estuary Restoration Act set a goal of restoring one million acres of estuary habitat-including salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs and associated habitats-by the year 2010.

Aestuarium = Estuary
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(a) located in or on a lake, river, stream, canal, estuary, bayou, or other inland navigable waters of the state; or ...

If the coast suddenly changes direction, especially around an estuary, spits are likely to form.

This paper discusses the integration of Geographic Information Systems(GIS) and EPA's Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) as part of a watershed approach to assessing the ecological health of Bayou Chico, which is a sub-estuary of Pensacola Bay.

6th - individual mountain or volcano, small valleys (~100 km²)
7th - hillslopes, stream channels, estuary (~10 km²)
8th - gully, barchan (~1 km²)
9th - meter-sized features
Different kinds of processes tend to dominate at different magnitudes.

erosion Group of natural processes including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation that remove material from any part of the Earth's surface. estuary That portion of a stream influenced by the tide of the body of ...

Estuary Somewhat enclosed coastal area at the mouth of a river where nutrient rich fresh water meets with salty ocean water. Eukaryota All the organisms with a eukaryote cell type.

See also: Area, Information, Region, Cover, Feature