estuary

Example Sentences

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Glamour is harder to find in the often-polluted estuaries where glass eels are caught.

From New York Times

“The converse is true. The reality is that because of the interconnectedness of our waterways, our streams, wetlands, oceans and estuaries, how private property owners manage their land has the potential to affect us all.”

From New York Times

Geological Survey of how sediment will move, and what effect that could have on streamside vegetation and the downstream estuary.

From Salon

The longfin smelt, too, has seen its population plummet over the past two decades due to a rapid decline in the environmental health of the state’s biggest estuary.

From Los Angeles Times

We have to do our part to nurture and protect the world’s most important estuary.

From Washington Post