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Definition of Estuaries
1. estuary [n] - See also: estuary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estuaries
Literary usage of Estuaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Estuary and Coastal Habitat Conservation: Congressional Hearing edited by John H. Chafee (2001)
"In addition, estuaries are often located close to ports that are important ...
We need to protect our estuaries so that they can continue to support these ..."
2. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1886)
"Deposits in estuaries.—The larger portion of the materials thus eroded is carried
... Thus many estuaries are occupied alternately, during the wet and dry ..."
3. Handbook on Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention and Control Planning (1993)
"NEP estuary selection is based on the estuaries' potential to include environments
... All 21 estuaries currently in the program have identified storm water ..."
4. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"CHAPTER IX THE GERMINATION OF FLOATING SEEDS Germination in the floating seed-drift
of tropical estuaries.—A strain of vivipary. ..."
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