GSLS Word Scramble
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estuaries | a semi-enclosed area where fresh water and salty sea water meet and mix |
Coastal Plain Estuaries | is formed when sea level rose at the end of the last glacial age |
bar-built estuary | is formed when a barrier island or sand bar separates a section of the coast where fresh water enters |
tectonic estuary | results from the sinking of land due to movements of the crust. |
Fjords | is formed in a deep valley created by a retreating (melting) glacier |
salt wedge | a layer of denser, saltier seawater that flows along the bottom in estuaries |
tidal bore | a steep wave generated as high tides move up some estuaries and rivers |
Euryhaline | an organism that can tolerate a wide range of salinities |
stenohaline | organisms that can tolerate a narrow range of salinities |
anadromous | marine fishes that migrate to fresh water to breed |
catadromous | freshwater fishes that migrate to sea to breed |
Mud Flats | a muddy bottom that is exposed at low tide |
salt marshes | a grassy area that extends along the shores of estuaries and sheltered coasts in temperate and subpolar regions |
mangroves | shrubs and trees that live along the seashore in tropical and subtropical regions and tolerate inundation by seawater |
seagrasses | grass like flowering plants like eelgrass that are adapted to live at sea. |
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