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estuary

River mouth widening into the sea, where fresh water mixes with salt water and tidal effects are felt.

Estuaries are extremely rich in life forms and are breeding grounds for thousands of species. Water pollution threatens these ecosystems.



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When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
The mouth of the river proper is but about half a mile wide, formed by the contracting shores of the estuary.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
They bobbed and bumped along up the estuary in countless thousands.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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