estuary
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“We are starving the Bay-Delta estuary now, and we know that that needs to change if we actually want to preserve that ecosystem and all the benefits it provides,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In Foynes village across the estuary from the refinery, where a port handles its exports, local businessman John Cassels said the dilemma was clear.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to Williams, Y Foryd area and the Afon Seiont estuary were "great places for him", as he feeds in a similar way to a Little egret, searching for and eating small fish.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Space Center Houston sits a couple miles inland from a tidal estuary that feeds into the Gulf’s Galveston Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
They gave ground before the charges, still orderly but giving, and were shepherded along a glade of Sherwood forest—a wide glade like an estuary of grass with trees on either side.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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It transforms into a glass eel as it travels from coastal estuaries to places like Lough Neagh and Lough Erne.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
They placed groups of these tiles in three estuaries in the Sydney region, Brisbane Water, the Hawkesbury River and Port Hacking, near existing oyster reefs where larvae are present.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
They include programmes that track chemical pollution in rivers, lakes and estuaries as well as one that monitors the regulator's plans for dealing with drought.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Longfin smelt, which live in bays and estuaries along the Pacific Coast, are the sixth fish species in the San Francisco Bay estuary to be added to the federal endangered species list.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
At present our answers to these questions are for the most part only conjectures, but there is growing concern about the role of pesticide pollution in estuaries, salt marshes, bays, and other coastal waters.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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