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The distinction between "lagoon" and "estuary" also varies between authorities. Richard A. Davis Jr. restricts "lagoon" to bodies of water with little or no fresh water inflow, and little or no tidal flow, and calls any bay that receives a regular flow of fresh water an "estuary".
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 open sea. [1] Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone.
a type of marsh that is a transitional zone between land and an area, such as a slough, bay, or estuary, with salty or brackish water. Sea: a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. In common usage, often synonymous with the ocean.
Unlike its larger and better-known estuaries, the St. Lucie River Estuary and the Caloosahatchee River, the lagoon lacks the attention and advocacy to protect it from discharges to lower the lake ...
Drakes Estero, the landing spot of Francis Drake on the coast of North America in 1579 during his circumnavigation of the world is a National Historic Landmark. [13] [14] A historical marker has been placed on Drakes Beach near the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center and monuments to Drake have been erected at the Drake's Cove landing site.
The Lake Worth Lagoon’s share of Lake O water is small compared to the northern estuaries. But it is just 21 miles long and the inlets that allow healing sea water flushes to flow into it are ...
Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per litre—more often expressed as 0.5 to 30 parts per thousand (‰), which is a specific gravity of between 1.0004 and 1.0226. Thus, brackish covers a range of salinity regimes and is not considered a precisely defined condition. It is characteristic of many brackish ...
Estuary – the piece of a river that flows into the sea or ocean; Strait – a narrow area of water connecting two wider areas of water, also sometimes known as a passage; Channel – usually wider than a strait; Passage – connects waters between islands, also sometimes known as a strait; Canal – a human-made channel