Estuaries

Synonyms for "estuaries" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
brackish water zonecoastal inlet

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
estuarine environmentestuarine zone

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
estuary systemriver mouthtidal inlet

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries
ecological zonegeographical featurehydrological zone

More specific

4 entries
bar built estuarysalt marshtidal channeltidal estuary

Collocations

5 entries
brackish water estuaryestuary ecosystemestuary mouthmangrove estuariestidal estuary

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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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.

Source: tatoeba (6675695)

Eutrophication is a big word that describes a big problem in the nation's estuaries.

Source: tatoeba (6675698)

Estuaries experience change many times a day due to tides.

Source: tatoeba (6675749)

Located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida, the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America.

Source: tatoeba (6675753)

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