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estuary
Definition:
Area at the mouth of a river where it broadens into the sea, and where fresh and sea water intermingle to produce brackish water. The estuarine environment is very rich in wildlife, particularly aquatic, but it is very vulnerable to damage as a result of the actions of humans.
(Source: WRIGHT)
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river |
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estuarine conservation area |
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
HYDROSPHERE (freshwater, marine water, waters)
Themes:
natural areas, landscape, ecosystems
water
Other relations:
- Has exact match
- EuroVoc: estuary
- Wikipedia article
- Estuary
- Has close match
- UMTHES: Ästuar
| Arabic: | مصب النهر |
| Basque: | estuario |
| Bulgarian: | Устие |
| Catalan: | estuaris |
| Chinese: | 河口 |
| Croatian: | riječno ušće |
| Czech: | ústí řeky |
| Danish: | flodmunding |
| Dutch: | estuarium |
| English (US): | estuary |
| Estonian: | estuaar, lehtersuue |
| Finnish: | joensuu |
| French: | estuaire |
| German: | Ästuar |
| Greek: | εκβολή ποταμού |
| Hungarian: | tölcsértorkolat |
| Irish: | inbhear |
| Italian: | estuario |
| Latvian: | grīvlīcis; estuārs |
| Lithuanian: | upės žiotys |
| Maltese: | estwarju |
| Norwegian: | estuarium |
| Polish: | estuarium |
| Portuguese: | estuários |
| Romanian: | estuar |
| Russian: | эстуарий |
| Slovak: | estuárium |
| Slovenian: | rečno ustje, estuar |
| Spanish: | estuarios |
| Swedish: | flodmynning |
| Turkish: | nehir ağzı |
| Ukrainian: | естуарій |
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2974>
