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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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....fe found on the land and in the water includes
mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, shellfish, and plants all interacting within
complex food webs. Flocks of shore birds stilt through the shallows, lunging
long bills at their abundant prey of fish, worms, crabs or clams. Within the
sediments, whether mud, sand or rocks, live billions of microscopic bacteria, a
lower level of the food web based largely on decaying plants.
Estuaries are tidally-influenced ecological systems where rivers meet
the sea.... |
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