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

highly stratified estuary

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

fjord

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

bar-built estuary

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

vertically-mixed estuary

salt wedge estuary

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