estuary

An estuary is a coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with saltwater from the ocean, creating a dynamic and nutrient-rich environment.

Aliases (24)

• inlet ×28
• tidal estuary ×22
• coastal lagoon ×10
• coastal ecosystem ×4
• river mouth ×4
• coastal bay ×3
• estuarine system ×3
• coastal estuary ×2
• lagoon system ×2
• wetland habitat ×2
• brackish water basin ×1
• coastal estuarine system ×1
• estuarine lagoon ×1
• estuary system ×1
• former estuary ×1
• former river estuary ×1
• inland estuary ×1
• river estuary ×1
• saltwater creek ×1
• shallow coastal water body ×1
• tidal basin ×1
• tidal confluence ×1
• tidal embayment ×1
• tidal estuarine inlet ×1

Instances (129)

• River Tay estuary (part)
• Emerald Bay ("inlet")
• Boston Harbor
• Morecambe Bay
• Montrose Basin ("tidal estuary")
• Firth of Forth
• San Francisco Bay
• Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ("inland estuary")
• Chesapeake Bay
• Firth of Tay
• Grevelingen ("former estuary")
• Long Island Sound ("tidal estuary")
• Dubai Creek ("saltwater creek")
• Upper New York Bay ("tidal estuary")
• San Pablo Bay ("tidal estuary")
• Bristol Channel ("inlet")
• Suisun Bay ("tidal estuary")
• Cape Cod Bay ("inlet")
• Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ("estuary system")
• Lower New York Bay ("tidal estuary")
• Newark Bay ("tidal estuary")
• Humboldt Bay ("coastal lagoon")
• Dee Estuary
• Laguna del Condado ("coastal lagoon")
• Amazon River mouth ("river mouth")
• Nauset Marsh ("tidal estuary")
• Tokyo Bay ("inlet")
• Yoldia Sea ("brackish water basin")
• Montrose ("tidal basin")
• Casco Bay ("inlet")
• The Wash
• Golden Horn
• Santa Rosa Sound (via nearby bridges and causeways) ("estuarine system")
• Mystic River ("tidal estuary")
• Gulf of Riga ("inlet")
• Oslofjord ("inlet")
• Río de la Plata
• Delaware Bay
• Solway Firth ("tidal estuary")
• Thames Estuary
• Elliott Bay ("inlet")
• Ria Formosa Natural Park ("lagoon system")
• Buzzards Bay ("inlet")
• Gulf of Tadjoura ("inlet")
• Puget Sound ("estuarine system")
• Blackwater Bay
• Gulf of Panama ("inlet")
• Congo River mouth ("river mouth")
• Choctawhatchee Bay ("coastal lagoon")
• Gironde estuary
• Klamath River estuary ("river estuary")
• Piscataqua River ("tidal estuary")
• St. Andrews Bay
• East Bay
• Mill Basin ("inlet")
• Ribble estuary
• Kiel Bay ("inlet")
• Benya Lagoon ("coastal lagoon")
• Parramatta River via Sydney Harbour ("tidal estuary")
• Oregon estuary network ("coastal ecosystem")
• Cook Inlet ("tidal estuary")
• Mersey Estuary
• Traeth Bach ("tidal estuary")
• Prince William Sound ("inlet")
• White Sea ("inlet")
• Indian River Lagoon
• Popponesset Bay ("coastal estuary")
• Syvash ("lagoon system")
• Alum Bay ("coastal bay")
• Perekop Bay ("inlet")
• Brisbane Water ("tidal estuary")
• Tuggerah Lake ("coastal lagoon")
• Loire estuary
• Hudson River
• Western Scheldt
• Eastern Scheldt ("tidal estuary")
• New York Harbor estuarine system ("estuarine system")
• Gravesend Bay ("inlet")
• Gulf St Vincent ("inlet")
• Bristol Bay ("inlet")
• Norton Sound ("inlet")
• Flushing Bay ("tidal embayment")
• Massachusetts Bay ("inlet")
• Little Traverse Bay ("inlet")
• Green Bay (the arm of Lake Michigan) ("inlet")
• Lough Mahon ("tidal estuarine inlet")
• Waquoit Bay ("coastal estuary")
• River Lee estuary
• Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge ("wetland habitat")
• Cape Poge Bay ("coastal bay")
• Escambia Bay
• Humber Estuary
• Trent Falls ("tidal confluence")
• Jamaica Bay
• Forth estuary
• Jaffna Lagoon ("coastal lagoon")
• Batticaloa Lagoon ("coastal lagoon")
• Plum Island Sound
• Faro ("coastal lagoon")
• Yaquina Bay
• Lake of Tunis ("coastal lagoon")
• Florida Bay ("estuarine lagoon")
• Southampton Water ("tidal estuary")
• Gulf of Corinth ("inlet")
• Sandwich Harbour ("coastal lagoon")
• Osaka Bay ("inlet")
• Middle Branch ("tidal estuary")
• Hunter estuary
• River Derwent
• Galveston Bay