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.]

Estuary means a body of surface water—

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

• Pursuant to the Enabling Acts, the Estuary Program has the power to engage in agreements or contracts with other public or private entities for provisions of assistance in planning, financing, and coordinating the physical, chemical, biological, economic, and aesthetic aspects of the Bay Systems.

• All powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the Estuary Program shall be exercised and performed upon a majority vote of a quorum of members; provided, however, subject to Corporation Board oversight, the exercise of such executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated by the Corporation Board to any of its officers, staff, or agents, to the extent provided under Florida Law.

• At the direction of the Corporation Board, the Corporation Board or Estuary Program staff may establish or terminate committees as it deems necessary including, without limitation, the Technical Committee, the Community Committee, the Education Committee, the Business Partnership Committee, and the Environmental Justice Committee.

• The Estuary Program shall observe a fiscal year beginning on October 1 and ending September 30 of each year.

• Estuary Program membership may be terminated by any Party for convenience, upon sixty (60) days written notice by the terminating Party to the other Parties of such termination.

More Definitions of Estuary

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

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 that part of a river or stream or other body of water hav- ing unimpaired connection with the open sea, where the sea water is meas- urably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. The term also in- cludes estuary-type areas with measur- able freshwater influence and having unimpaired connections with the open sea, and estuary-type areas of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters (see 16 U.S.C. 1453(7)).

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.

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 an estuary as defined in section 1 of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008);[definition of "estuary" inserted by section 3(b) of Government Notice R11 of 2021]