tidewater
Example Sentences
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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
But the presence of the tidewater goby meant the road could not be cleared nor a temporary ramp erected — at least before the triathlon.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Organizers of the triathlon did not receive confirmation of the tidewater goby’s presence in the Zuma Beach underpass until late August.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Mataoka lived in the central town of the Powhatan alliance, a small empire in tidewater Virginia; she was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the emperor.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
