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An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. [1] Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone .
A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. [1] Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks are characterized by slow water velocity, resulting in buildup of fine, organic sediment in wetlands.
Australian creek, low in the dry season, carrying little water. The energetic flow of the stream had, in flood, moved finer sediment further downstream. There is a pool to lower right and a riffle to upper left of the photograph. A small, narrow stream flowing down a tiny dell in Pennsylvania.
Nam Khan flows into the Mekong at Luang Prabang in Laos.. A tributary, [1] or an affluent, [2] is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake. [3]
Wave-dominated estuary - Wave energy [5] - good example Peel Inlet Western Australia and Lake Illawarra NSW. Tidal flat/creek - Tide energy [6] Good enough Bay (WA) and Moonlight Creek (QLD) Strandplain (and coastal lagoons) - Wave energy [7] - good example coastal lagoon Irwin Inlet WA, strandplain Mooball Creek NSW.
Kamias Creek Quezon City. Tributary of the Dilimán Creek. Katipunan Creek Quezon City. Mariblo Creek Quezon City. Matalahib Creek Quezon City. Maytunas Creek Drains Mandaluyong and San Juan. Dumps water into San Juan River. Napindan Channel Paltok Creek Barangay Fairview, Quezon City. Pansól Creek Quezon City. Pasong Tamo Creek Quezon City ...
Bayou Corne in Louisiana, October 2010. In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou (/ ˈ b aɪ. uː, ˈ b aɪ. oʊ /) [1] is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area.
Model of Estuary. The residence time of water is a key variable determining the health of an estuary, particularly from human-induced stresses.Rapid flushing ensures that there is insufficient time for sediment accumulation or dissolved oxygen depletion in the estuary; thus a well flushed estuary is intrinsically more robust than a poorly flushed estuary. [1]