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Any location where the fresh water meets salty water is called _________(a) Dredging(b) River(c) Delta(d) EstuaryThis question was addressed to me in homework.This interesting question is from Tidal Power in division Ocean Energy & Geothermal Energy of Energy Engineering

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Right answer is (d) Estuary

The explanation: Any location where fresh river water meets salty ocean water. The word “estuary” is derived from the Latin word aestuarium meaning tidal inlet of the SEA, which in itself is derived from the term aestus, meaning tide. ESTUARIES are critical HABITAT for spawning and early life CYCLE stages of many ocean organisms as WELL as birds.



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