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They are completely different. An estuary is where a river joins the sea or, it is an outflow of freshwater into the ocean or sea. A coral reef is a strictly marine environment created by thousands of tiny organisms over thousands of years. It consists of the calcium skeletons of reef building organisms overlaid with living corals, anemones, clams, snails, fish etc etc.

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