estuary

(noun)

coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge

Related Terms

  • brackish
  • halophyte

Examples of estuary in the following topics:

  • Estuaries & Marshes

  • Estuaries: Where the Ocean Meets Fresh Water

    • Estuaries, composed of a mix of fresh and salt water and their living communities, are influenced by salinity and the changing tides.
    • Estuaries form a unique marine biome that occurs where a source of fresh water, such as a river, meets the ocean.
    • Estuaries form protected areas where many of the young offspring of crustaceans, mollusks, and fish begin their lives.
    • Salinity of estuaries is a very important factor that influences the organisms found there and their adaptations.
    • Once or twice a day, high tides bring salt water into the estuary.
  • Marine Habitats

    • Marine habitats include coastal zones, intertidal zones, sandy shores, rocky shores, mudflats, swamps and salt marshes, estuaries, kelp forests, seagrasses, and coral reefs.
    • They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries.
    • An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
  • The Economy of the Middle Colonies

    • These industries, along with the presence of deep river estuaries, led to the appearance of important ports like New York and Philadelphia.
  • Magnetosomes

    • One type of magnetotactic bacterium present at the oxic-anoxic transition zone (OATZ) of the southern basin of the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Narragansett, Rhode Island is known to produce both iron oxide and iron sulfide magnetosomes.
  • Efficient wastewater treatment

    • Based on the science of estuaries – nature's own filtration system – each tank, which averages about 4 m, contains a unique ecosystem designed to break down select toxins before passing them on to others further down the line.
  • Habitat Loss and Sustainability

    • Elimination of their ecosystem - whether it is a forest, a desert, a grassland, a freshwater estuary, or a marine environment - will kill the individuals within most species.
  • 10 reasons for a business to become sustainable

    • In river sediments and estuaries these substances are ubiquitous.
    • (EPA pamphlet, Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual, March 2006, ch. 12) Swallowed to combat cancer, pain, depression and other ailments, most medications do not harmlessly dissolve into patients and disappear.
  • Odoacer and the Fall of Rome

    • Ravenna proved to be invulnerable, surrounded by marshes and estuaries and easily supplied by small boats from its hinterlands, as Procopius later pointed out in his History.
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