Estuaries
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An estuary is a coastal area where fresh water from rivers and streams
mixes with salt water from the ocean. Many bays, sounds, and lagoons along
coasts are . Portions of rivers and streams connected to are
also considered part of the estuary. The land area from which fresh water
drains into the ....
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.... of specialized plants and animals.
At high tide, seawater changes estuaries, submerging the plants and
flooding creeks, marshes, panes, mudflats or mangroves, until what once was land
is now water. Throughout the tides, the days and the years, an estuary is
cradled between outreaching headlands and is buttressed on its vulnerable
seaward side by fingers of sand or mud.
Estuaries transform with the tides, the incoming waters seemingly
bringing back to life organisms that have sought she ....
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