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Estuary

/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/

Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

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noun

1
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
2
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

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Word	Definition
estuarine	Of or pertaining to an estuary.
rivernoun	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
rianoun	(geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
firthnoun	An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
pondnoun	An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
seawaternoun	The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
terminalnoun	A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
fisherynoun	(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
inletnoun	A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
armnoun	(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
mouthnoun	(anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
scheldtnoun	A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
ribblenoun	A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea.
severnnoun	A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
haunoun	A surname.
dollardnoun	A surname.
tidal inlet	—
river mouthnoun	(geography) The area where a river flows into a larger body of water.
deltanoun	A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
embouchurenoun	(music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.