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Match the Description of the Estuary with Its Name

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Match the description of the estuary with its name.Use each choice once,more than once,or not at all.

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shallow estuaries in which fresh water and salt water are totally mixed from the top to the bottom of the water column

bar-built estuary

a long, narrow, deep U-shaped inlet that usually represents the seaward end of a submerged glacial valley

coastal plain estuary

a very deep river mouth with a large volume of freshwater flow beneath which a wedge of salt water from the ocean invades

vertically-mixed estuary

a shallow lagoon separated from the open ocean by a bar deposit such as a barrier island

salt wedge estuary

highly stratified estuary

fjord

Premises:

shallow estuaries in which fresh water and salt water are totally mixed from the top to the bottom of the water column

a long, narrow, deep U-shaped inlet that usually represents the seaward end of a submerged glacial valley

a very deep river mouth with a large volume of freshwater flow beneath which a wedge of salt water from the ocean invades

a shallow lagoon separated from the open ocean by a bar deposit such as a barrier island

Responses:

bar-built estuary

coastal plain estuary

vertically-mixed estuary

salt wedge estuary

highly stratified estuary

fjord

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

bar-built estuary

coastal plain estuary

vertically-mixed estuary

salt wedge estuary

highly stratified estuary

fjord