tidewater

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When a tidewater glacier thins enough, it can lift off the seabed and begin floating on the ocean surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Many Antarctic glaciers are tidewater glaciers, meaning they sit on the ocean floor and extend into the sea, where they release icebergs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Another endangered fish, northern tidewater gobies, were rescued from the same watershed shortly before the steelhead were liberated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

More than 750 tidewater gobies were rescued from a Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

I wait for hours in the mildewy shed, the tidewater just barely seeping in under the door.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper