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joensuu

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.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
joki
related terms
suojeltava joensuualue
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
hydrosfääri (makea vesi, merivesi, vedet)
Themes:
luonnonalueet, maisema
vesi
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: estuary
English (US): estuary
Estonian: estuaar, lehtersuue
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>