ESTUARY

Estuary

An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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estuary

Noun

  1. Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
  2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.


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