Estuaries

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  • Created on: 28-12-19 17:51
Tidal Range is
The vertical difference between low tide and high tide
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An estuary that is a drowned pre-existing river valley, that is shallow but deeper and wider at the mouth is what type of estuary?
Coastal Plain Estuary
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Which estuary is drowned glacial troughs?
Fjords
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Which is the correct order?
Microtidal, Mesotidal, Macrotidal, Hypertidal
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In which estuary feature does saltwater become entrained into freshwater where slight mixing occurs at the interface?
The saltwedge estuary
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In which estuary feature is there a sharp halocline?
The saltwedge estuary
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Which estuary feature has a null point where velocities move in opposite directions?
The partially mixed estuary
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Which estuary feature has a very large tidal range where the whole water column gets mixed?
The well mixed (homogenous) estuary
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An estuary that is a drowned pre-existing river valley, that is shallow but deeper and wider at the mouth is what type of estuary?

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Coastal Plain Estuary

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Which estuary is drowned glacial troughs?

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Which is the correct order?

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Card 5

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In which estuary feature does saltwater become entrained into freshwater where slight mixing occurs at the interface?

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