estuary in English

noun
1
the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
The turtles spend most of their lives in mangrove-lined tidal estuaries , where rivers flow into the sea.
synonyms:(river) mouthdeltaembouchuredebouchuredebouchmentdischargedisemboguement
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1. The river opens up suddenly into a broad estuary.

2. At this point the river widens into an estuary.

3. The Medway estuary is recognized internationally as a conservation area.

4. Shellfishing and Clamming may be done on the Atlantic coast, in the Great Bay estuary, in the Hampton/Seabrook estuary, and in Little Harbor / Back Channel

5. Irrawaddies thrive in hot and humid coastal, estuary, and river regions.

6. brief description of the path(s), tributaries, estuary, water abstraction, floodplains, etc

7. And the estuary is beautiful, with mountain ranges rising on each side.

8. PH and Alkalinity Every estuary is part of the carbon cycle

9. The 2 - D tidal current and sediment mathematical model for estuary is established.

10. 20: The Luftwaffe and German U-boats start mining the Thames estuary.

11. The 2 - D tidal current and sediment mathematical model for Feiyunjiang estuary is established.

12. Thousands of belugas are being drawn to one special estuary in the Canadian Arctic.

13. My path ended in thick undergrowth, just where the estuary widened into the sea.

14. Curlews Lyrics: Curlews call / Along the estuary / Late light falls / Under a mile to the sea / And the flickering harbour lights / Trail in the estuary waters tonight / Under meteors / Over the

15. Along the estuary environmental gradients, the structure of benthos community had some differences.

16. The capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau, on an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean

17. Basque activities in the St Lawrence estuary reached a peak in the period 1550-80

18. 11 Due to the sudden narrowness of the estuary, the flood flowed higher and higher.

19. The hillside route: blaye & Bourg Come to the right bank of the Gironde estuary

20. Above the point where the river falls into the Calabar estuary of the Gulf of Guinea

21. 21 Frith stood on the sea wall and watched the sail gliding down the swollen estuary.

22. The middle massive sandstone and upper pebbly sandstone formed in an estuary, foreshore and nearshore environments.

23. Herring and plaice are two commercially important species that use the Thames Estuary for this purpose.

24. The Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings project is part of a larger Hudson River Estuary Program initiative to partner with local communities to conserve natural areas and habitats that sustain the health and resiliency of the entire estuary watershed.

25. The effect of Coriolis effect is obvious by making the estuary deflect to south constantly.

26. At present, oysters are the only material in which measurable concentrations of activity exist throughout the estuary.

27. They had enjoyed each other's company over the last hour, hacking along the foreshore of the estuary.

28. 12 A curlew called and a tern fished the estuary; house martins were gathering, preparing for migration.

29. 30 The crowds waved and cheered him on, the boats bobbing up and down in the estuary.

30. A method of securing a load bearing structure to the bed of a sea, river or estuary.

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32. River 106 miles (171 kilometers) long in southwestern Scotland flowing northwest into the Firth of Clyde (its estuary)

33. Temporally, the suspended sediment concentration in the jiaojiang river estuary neap - spring tidal cycle and flood - ebb fluctuations.

34. She usually builds on the shores of an estuary and there she sits devotedly, seldom leaving the nest.

35. She rounded a corner quickly; in a tiny estuary the small boats of the eel pickers were congregated.

36. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary.

37. More than 000 tonnes of crude oil spilled into the estuary after the tanker ran aground in 19

38. By 16:00, the German flotilla began returning to the Jade Estuary, arriving at approximately 20:23.

39. Only the off flounder left on the north bank at Portmadoc with no reports from the estuary.

40. A tidal estuary of southeastern Connecticut flowing about 24 km ( 15 mi ) southward to Long Island Sound.

41. The Mawddach Estuary has a rich variety of wetland and woodland habitats attracting a wide range of different species.

42. In the coming months, the project will take a stab at recommending solutions to the decline of the estuary.

43. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary in the Ilhas de Goa sub-district (taluka).

44. About midnight the wind freshened from the estuary, rustling the hawthorn in the hedgerow round the churchyard. Sentencedict.com

45. To the casual observer, the tide may seem to be the only movement of water in the estuary.

46. A headland is now seen jutting into the estuary with a line of white cottages fronting a bay.

47. It lies along the Calabar River, 5 miles (8 km) upstream from that river’s entrance into the Cross River estuary.

48. The scheme involves dredging the main channel of the Medway estuary to provide a storage base for import-export cargoes.

49. The alluvium of the Clyde Estuary provides the foundation material for a number of medium rise developments in the Glasgow area.

50. Passing an oil rig and numerous naval vessels, we moored alongside a jetty on the estuary leading up to the town.