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Match the description of the estuary with its name. Use each choice once, more than once, or not at all.
Premises:
a very deep river mouth with a large volume of freshwater flow beneath which a wedge of salt water from the ocean invades
a long, narrow, deep U-shaped inlet that usually represents the seaward end of a submerged galcial valley
a shallow lagoon separated from the open ocean by a bar deposit such as a barrier island
shallow estuaries in which freshwater and salt water are totally mixed from the top to the bottom of the water column
Responses:
highly stratified estuary
fjord
bar-built estuary
vertically-mixed estuary
salt wedge estuary
Correct Answer:
Premises:
Responses:
highly stratified estuary
fjord
bar-built estuary
vertically-mixed estuary
salt wedge estuary
Premises:
highly stratified estuary
fjord
bar-built estuary
vertically-mixed estuary
salt wedge estuary
Responses:
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