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Meanings of estuary in English

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A river mouth or stream mouth is a part of a river where it flows into the sea, river, lake, reservoir or ocean.

        Usage of estuary in English
        1
        No pollution of the estuary, a designated Special Area of Conservation, occurred.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Bottlenosed dolphins have made the Shannon estuary their main headquarters in Ireland.
        The Irish Times
        3
        It's an estuary, where there's nesting birds and migrating birds, he said.
        Radio NZ
        4
        A dismal creek runs miles inland-anestuary fed by the River Murgle.
        Simon the Jester
        5
        Foster and Partners' artist impression of a four-runway Thames estuary airport capable.
        The Guardian
        6
        And then there is ownership of the Foyle estuary, another unresolved issue.
        The Irish Times
        7
        At Malahide estuary you wish you had binoculars to identify the birds.
        The Irish Times
        8
        No other civilised nation would allow such desecration of its loveliest estuary.
        The Guardian
        9
        Beyond our estuary a red growth of fire sprang from a foundry.
        Star Maker
        10
        The architect Norman Foster has drawn up plans for an estuary airport.
        The Guardian
        11
        The man's body was found in the Malahide estuary late on Tuesday.
        The Irish Times
        12
        It has two enormous bastions facing the estuary and three facing inland.
        The Irish Times
        13
        Far off towards the spring, or the estuary, a disturbance finally arose.
        As It Was in the Beginning
        14
        Follow the coast to the next headland and you'll see the estuary.
        Coalition's End
        15
        The rivulet of Ain-Tabiga makes a little estuary, full of pretty shells.
        The Life of Jesus
        16
        But I do mean to peep a little further into our estuary.
        The Captain of the Kansas
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        Ireland
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        New Zealand
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