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Title: Estuary Landforms and Features


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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • Preparing for an Earth Science Scavenger Hunt!

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • barrier beach a linear strip of beach that
    separates the ocean from marshes and other
    habitat behind it
  • bay an area of water bounded on three sides by
    land. Large bays are called gulfs.

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • bayou a small, slow-moving stream located in
    low-lying areas such as the Mississippi delta
  • cove a circular or round inlet with a narrow
    entrance or any sheltered bay

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • delta a landform produced when a river flows
    into a larger body of water
  • harbor a place where ships may be sheltered,
    usually a very large cove, or manmade with
    breakwaters or sea wall

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • headland an area of land surrounded by water on
    three sides
  • lagoon a body of shallow water separated from
    the ocean by sand bars or beaches

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • mangrove forest an assemblage of mangrove trees
    found in salty coastal habitats
  • peninsula a narrow piece of land surrounded on
    three sides by water

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • slough a swamp or shallow lake system, usually
    a backwater to a larger body of water
  • sound a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a
    bay

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • salt marsh a type of marsh that is a
    transitional zone between land and salty or
    brackish water

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Estuary Landforms and Features
  • tidal flats or mudflats areas of mud deposited
    by the tides, rivers, and oceans. Found within
    bays, bayous, lagoons, and other estuarine
    features.
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