estuary

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

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ejection

Translations

estuaire

estuario

estuario

estuário

Ästuar

estuarium

estuari

εκβολή

Mündung

Flussmündung

haliç

εκβολή ποταμού

ría

Meeresarm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/

Etymology

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