estuary

Senso (Inglese)

1. A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

Concetti

estuario

foce

sinonimi

mouth of a river

river mouth

mouth

firth

river

gulf

bay

outfall

inlet

extrusion

fiord

flow

hound

lagoon

piece

rivulet

sea bottom

stream

tidewater

tributary

debouchment

embayment

mouth of river

liman

river outlet

branching bay

drowned river mouth

stream outlet

estuary firth

tidal stretch

tital zone

backwater

tidal compartment

bight

branch

course

cove

creek

current

dog

🐕

ejection

Traduzioni

estuaire

estuário

estuario

Ästuar

estuarium

estuari

εκβολή

haliç

Mündung

Flussmündung

ría

εκβολή ποταμού

Meeresarm

κολπίσκος

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).