Estuary definition

Estuary means a semi-enclosed, naturally existing coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and within which seawater is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from riverine systems. [Section 373.403(15), F.S.]

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Estuary means a body of water semi-enclosed by land and connected with the open ocean within which saltwater is usually diluted by freshwater derived from the land. "Estuary" includes all estuarine waters, tidelands, tidal marshes, and submerged lands extending upstream to the head of tidewater. However, the Columbia River Estuary extends to the western edge of Puget Island.

Examples of Estuary in a sentence

The San Francisco Estuary Institute’s annual and quarterly financial reports to the Regional Water Board shall be considered a final post-project accounting of expenditures.
Trenton Equivalent Flow Objective Section 2.5.3 of the Water Code establishes a set of equivalent flow objectives at Trenton, N.J. to control salinity intrusion in the Delaware Estuary.
The Decree Parties and the DRBC will review and evaluate available data during the implementation of the current program and will consider any modifications that may be necessary to maintain the ecological health of the Delaware Estuary and Bay including that of oysters, shellfish and endangered species.
The focus of this FFMP element includes the upper Delaware Estuary, lower Delaware Estuary, and Delaware Bay, and such modifications shall be considered in accordance with the criteria described in Section 1.c.
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More Definitions of Estuary

Estuary means an estuary as defined in section 1 of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008);

Estuary means predominantly marine regions of interaction between rivers and nearshore ocean waters, where tidal action and river flow mix fresh and salt water. Such areas include bays, mouths of rivers, and lagoons.

Estuary means a partially or fully enclosed body of water-

Estuary means that part of a river or stream or other body of water having unimpaired connection with the open sea, where the sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage.

Estuary means the transitional area at the mouth of a river between fresh-water and coastal waters, the outer (seaward) limits of which are shown on maps kept in accordance with regulation 12;

Estuary means the estuarine functional zone as defined in the National Estuaries Layer, available from the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s BGIS website (http://bgis.sanbi.org)”.

Estuary means a semi-enclosed naturally existing coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and within which the chloride concentration at the surface is equal to or greater than 1,500 milligrams per liter.