Definition of estuary. Meaning of estuary. Synonyms of estuary

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Definition of estuary

Estuary
Estuary Es"tu*a*ry, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell.
Estuary
Estuary Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also [ae]stuary.] 1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] --Boyle. 2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. --Dana.

Meaning of estuary from wikipedia

- An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the...
- River Thames and its estuary, including London, since the late 20th century. Phonetician John C. Wells proposed a definition of Estuary English as "Standard...
- The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain. An estuary can be defined according...
- River or Gabon Estuary is a short wide estuary in the west of Gabon. The capital Libreville has a large port on the north bank of the estuary which collects...
- The Severn Estuary (Welsh: Aber Hafren) is the estuary of the River Severn, flowing into the Bristol Channel between South West England (from North Somerset...
- The Gironde estuary (/ʒɪˈrɒnd/ zhi-ROND, US usually /dʒɪˈ-/ ji-; French: estuaire de la Gironde, [ɛstɥɛʁ də la ʒiʁɔ̃d]; Occitan: estuari de [la] Gironda...
- The Bug estuary (Ukrainian: Бузький лиман, romanized: Buz'kyi lyman) is an estuary of the Southern Bug. It is 82 kilometres (51 mi) long and up to 11 kilometres...
- Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. The estuary is divided into 3 parts, the fluvial estuary, the middle estuary and the maritime estuary. The waters coming from the...
- The Estuary of Bilbao (Spanish: Ría de Bilbao / Basque: Bilboko Itsasadarra) lies at the common mouth of the rivers Nervion, Ibaizabal and Cadagua, which...
- The Duddon Estuary is the sandy, gritty estuary of the River Duddon that lies between Morecambe Bay and the North Lonsdale coast. The River Duddon and...