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Yes they do because the correct definition of estuary is a body of water that contains both salt water and freshwater
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∙ 11y agobecause its merge on salt and fresh water
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What is an area of water where there is both salt and fresh water?
In an area where there is both salt water and fresh water, the water is called brackish.
What is an ecosystem that contains both salt water and fresh water?
Sorry for this short answer... Earth. A briny water ecosystem can contain both salt and fresh water, though it is all mixed together. These ecosystems are where a fresh water source, such as a river, meets a salt water source, such as an ocean. River deltas commonly have briny water.
Does ice melt in cold freshwater or cold saltwater?
It depends on the temperature of the water. If the fresh water is warmer, then it will melt quickest in the fresh water. If the saltwater is warmer, then it will melt quickest in the saltwater. If the water is frozen (regardless of saltwater or freshwater), the ice won't melt at all.
What does water and wind have to do together?
their both elements required for erosion/corrosion and they both contain h2o
Is an island freshwater or saltwater?
Islands exist in both bodies of saltwater and bodies of freshwater.
Are estuaries saltwater or freshwater ecosystems?
They contain elements of both freshwater and saltwater ecosystems.
Which type of aquatic contains both marine and freshwater characteristic?
estuaries and lagoons
What type aquatic ecosystem contains both marine and freshwater characteristics?
estuaries and lagoons
What is an area of water where there is both salt and fresh water?
In an area where there is both salt water and fresh water, the water is called brackish.
What are the similarties between marshes swamps and estuaries?
the simalarites between marshes and swamps is there both water also fresh.sometimes marshes can be salt water.Estuarites and marshes are also different.marshes are salt water and estuarites are freshwater
What is an ecosystem that contains both salt water and fresh water?
Sorry for this short answer... Earth. A briny water ecosystem can contain both salt and fresh water, though it is all mixed together. These ecosystems are where a fresh water source, such as a river, meets a salt water source, such as an ocean. River deltas commonly have briny water.
What type of ecosystem has both salty and fresh water?
estuaries and lagoons
Where do fresh water crocodiles live?
They can. They can also live in brackish or swamp water.
Why are estuaries critical to both land and water?
Estuaries are critical to land and water because they are home to many forms of organisms and support high productivity. They are also where the salt water of the oceans is diluted from the fresh water of rivers.
Is stream water saltwater or freshwater?
both mixed
Is estuary a freshwater ecosystem?
Its considered freshwater and salt water because they both meet together
Why do Fish living in estuaries have a wide tolerance range for salinity?
they experience both salt water and fresh water regularly
