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tidewater

[tahyd-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈtaɪdˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /
NOUN
estuary
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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

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

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 could see all the way to tidewater and beyond.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer