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
Friends of the River Teign, external is one such group uses volunteers equipped with real-time testing kits to provide "more frequent, more localised water quality information across River Teign estuary and surrounding coastal waters".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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
Much of the uncaptured Mexican waste flows into the Tijuana River, which crosses a U.S. estuary before reaching the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
What most spectators had not realized was that the bridge ran across the estuary at a slight angle.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
Like with rivers, estuaries and areas of the sea around Wales are protected for their important habitats and wildlife.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
The Florida Everglades are a unique environmental region comprising marshes, prairies, forests, mangroves and estuaries.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
And farmed shellfish, which can help restore oceans, estuaries, or our coastlines.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2024
The inshore waters —the bays, the sounds, the river estuaries, the tidal marshes — form an ecological unit of the utmost importance.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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