Estuaries

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of estuary form-of, plural

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brackish water zonecoastal inletestuarine environmentestuarine zoneestuary systemriver mouth

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"Sixty-five percent of U.S. estuaries and coastal water bodies are moderately to severely degraded by excessive nutrient inputs, which lead to algal blooms and low-oxygen (hypoxic) waters that can kill fish and seagrass and reduce essential fish habitats."

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