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How to use estuary in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun

Estuary means a coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone. Example: “The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.”

Examples of estuary by meaning

nounA coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

  • The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 82
  • There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65

More sentences with estuary

  • Tidal-dominated, coastal plain deposit: tidal channels (estuaries), tidal flats, marsh or swamp; deposits are generally on delta margin or in interdeltaic areas.From the entry interdeltaic
  • In real estuaries, river water and seawater seldom mix together directly as endmembers.1990, K. A. Hunter, “Kinetics and Mechanisms of Iron Colloid Aggregation in Estuaries”, in Ronald Beckett, editor, Surface and Colloid…. From the entry endmember
  • Now the estuary has silted up, and only small pleasure craft can sail up the narrow channel.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68. From the entry pleasure craft
  • As Wulfstan said, It is oathbreach, faithbreach, lovebreach Bring the invaders into the estuaries.1963, Richard Wilbur, The poems of Richard Wilbur. From the entry oathbreach
  • The mixed belt of fresh and salt water in Shanghai generally resides near Jiuduansha at the Yangtze River estuary.1999, “Modalities for Environmental Assessment: Urban Development and Environmental Protection in Shanghai”, in Integrating Environmental…. From the entry Jiuduansha
  • The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 378. From the entry nature reserve
  • Whereas I – I have never even set foot on the boat that goes over the estuary to Trouville.1978, Raymond Queneau, edited by Michael Edwards, Raymond Queneau (Prospice; 8), Portree, Isle of Skye: Aquila Pub. Co., →ISBN, →ISSN…. From the entry periplus
  • A new species of Halichoanolaimus was encountered during ecological investigations of the psammolittoral fauna of the Raritan estuary.1966, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, The Helmithological Society of Washington, page 23. From the entry psammolittoral
  • On the east China coast, onrushing Chinese forces captured Manoi, Min river estuary coastal town nine miles east of Foochow.1945 May 23, “Chinese Expand New Drive on East Coast”, in Manila Free Philippines, volume III, number 24, Manila, →OCLC, page 1, column 5. From the entry Lienkong
  • The schema presented to journalists showed targets 40 km inland, including the Huangqi Peninsula, the entire Minjiang estuary, as well as Pingtan and beyond.2013 June 11, J. Michael Cole, “Taiwan’s New Rocket Launchers?”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2013. From the entry Huangqi
  • Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.2010, M. Owen, “Greylag Goose”, in Peter Lack, editor, The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland, page 74. From the entry greylag
  • The lagoon deposits overlie and interfinger with beach sands in SAV3 and SAV4, which overlie an early Holocene estuary deposit in SAV4.2001 May 18, Kevin O. Pope et al., “Origin and Environmental Setting of Ancient Agriculture in the Lowlands of Mesoamerica”, in Science…. From the entry interfinger
  • The zone is at the Yellow Sea estuary in the northeast of Heilongjiang province. 23.57 sq km are under the zone's control.1995, China Economic News, volume 16, numbers 1-24, Economic Information & Consultancy Co, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 2. From the entry Xinyizhou
  • The funnel-shaped estuary of the Severn produces exceptionally high spring tides with a range of nearly 40 ft. at the site chosen for the tunnel.1948 September and October, “Weekend Works in the Severn Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 298. From the entry funnel-shaped
  • Barham led a valiant charge, but suffered for it; she will founder under tow in the Thames estuary shallows, eventually being refloated and refitted after the war.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 27:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original…. From the entry founder
  • Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.2014 [2013], Rob Dinnis, Chris Stringer, Britain: One million years of human history, London: Natural History Museum, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry anastomose
  • The west coast from Kerry north to Donegal has high cliffs interspersed with sandy beaches and one major estuary, that of the Shannon, the largest river in these islands.2010, Clive Hutchinson, Birds in Ireland, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry these islands
  • The Han Great Wall ran throughout Kuche, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and other provinces and autonomous regions, and ended to the north of DPRK’s Datong River estuary.2008 September, Dong Yaohui [董耀会], “To review the historical evolution of the Great Wall [步入长城的历史脉络]”, in 王静 [Wang Jing], transl.…. From the entry Datong
  • It lies about 14 mi. (23 km.) I above the mouth of the Whangpoo River (Huang-p'u Chiang), a small tributary of the Yangtze near its estuary.1968, “SHANGHAI (SHANG-HAI)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 345, column 1. From the entry Whangpoo
  • Furthermore, border trade between the two countries was conducted at Chunggang (Chung-chiang), a small island in the estuary of the Yalu, Hoeryŏng (Hui-ning), and Kyŏng’wŏn (Ch’ing-yüan).1968, Hae-jong Chun, “Sino-Korean Tributary Relations in the Ch’ing Period”, in John King Fairbank, editor, The Chinese World Order…. From the entry Hui-ning
  • SIR,—Hardly a winter passes without the Exeter-Plymouth line suffering either from cliff falls and high tides at Dawlish, or from extensive flooding of the Plym estuary.1959 March, “Letters to the Editor: The closure of redundant main lines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170. From the entry cliff fall
  • The railway, which is single track throughout, skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles.1953 December, “Brightlingsea trains to be Restored”, in Railway Magazine, page 793. From the entry skirt
  • The rivers and estuaries of the country still abounded in fish, and the right of salmon-fishing by nets or "yairs" (coops) was jealously guarded by land-holders.1900–1907, Andrew Lang, A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation, Edinburgh; London: W[illiam] Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC. From the entry coop

Meaning of estuary

  1. noun A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
  2. noun An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

Full definition of estuary

Questions about estuary in a sentence

How do you use estuary in a sentence?
Estuary is used as a noun. For example: “The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.”
What is a short sentence with estuary?
“In real estuaries, river water and seawater seldom mix together directly as endmembers.”
What does estuary mean?
Estuary means a coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

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