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...
- up estuary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An estuary is a semi-enclosed body of water flowing into the sea. Estuary may also refer to: Estuary English...
- Thames and its estuary, including London, since the late 20th century. In 2000, the phonetician John C. Wells proposed a definition of Estuary English as...
- A potential Thames Estuary Airport has been proposed at various times since the 1940s. London's existing prin****l airports, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted...
- Silver'), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta...
- Shannon Estuary in Ireland (Irish: Inbhear na Sionainne) is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick...
- 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...
- The Dee Estuary (Welsh: Aber Dyfrdwy) is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay. The estuary starts near Shotton after...
- 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...
- Kuialnyk Estuary (Ukrainian: Куяльницький лиман, Crimean Tatar: Kuyanlık), formerly known as Andriivskyi Lyman, is an estuary of the Velykyi Kuialnyk on...