Edgewater

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  1. 1
    A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
  2. 2
    A community in the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Jefferson County, Colorado.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Dania Beach, Broward County, Florida.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Volusia County, Florida.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A community area in Chicago, Illinois.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.

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"Researchers with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, studied the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere — one byproduct of carbon-rich industrial emissions — on the larvae of two closely-related oyster species — Eastern oysters, which are indigenous to the Atlantic coast of the United States, and Suminoe oysters, which are native to Asia."

Etymology

From edge + water.

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