Estuary
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Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.Lyell.
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the place where river and ocean meet and their waters
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The correct and/or proper term for a Bay
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A place where salt and fresh water meet, [brackish water]. This is [not] a bay, estuaries do, however, exist on the edges of a bay. This is a delicate ecosystem that is used as a [nursery] for [marine life]. The estuary's appearance is a [salt marsh]
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the wide part of a river at the place where it joins the sea:
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The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
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