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
DRAFT Consultant and sub consultants (including the University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley) and Stanford University (Stanford), the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)), will evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of ROC treatment by Engineered Wetlands with or without AOP pretreatment.
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 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 an estuary as defined in section 1 of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008);
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 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)”.