Concept information
Preferred term

void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z
Notation: 2673
Definition
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                   An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal water body that extends to the effective limit of tidal influence, within which sea water is significantly diluted with freshwater from land drainage.
                  
                
                                                 (en) An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal water body that extends to the effective limit of tidal influence, within which sea water is significantly diluted with freshwater from land drainage.
                  
                
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Broader concept
- coastal inlets (en)
Narrower concepts
- inverse estuaries (en)
- partially-mixed estuaries (en)
- salt-wedge estuaries (en)
Affects
- deltas (en)
Is component of
Is included in
- coastal ecosystems (en)
In other languages
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                 مصبات الأنهار مصبات الأنهارvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Arabic 
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                 江口 江口void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Chinese 
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                 estuáry estuáryvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2003-03-27T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Czech 
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                 æstuarier æstuariervoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2024-08-08T12:08:45 Notation: 2673 Danish 
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                 estuaria estuariavoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2025-04-22T08:17:51 Notation: 2673 Dutch 
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                 estuaire estuairevoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 1981-01-21T00:00:00Z Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z Notation: 2673 French 
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                 ესტუარი ესტუარიvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2018-09-24T15:58:06.691+02:00 Notation: 2673 Georgian 
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                 Flussmündung Flussmündungvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 1996-12-24T00:00:00Z Last modified: 2019-11-15T14:45:00Z Notation: 2673 German 
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                 नदी का मुहाना नदी का मुहानाvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Hindi 
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                 folyótorkolat folyótorkolatvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Hungarian 
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                 Estuari Estuarivoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2006-12-29T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Italian 
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                 河口域 河口域void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Japanese 
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                 하구 하구void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2009-12-02T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Korean 
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                 ປາກນ້ຳ ປາກນ້ຳvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Lao 
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                 estuarier estuariervoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2024-08-08T12:08:45 Notation: 2673 Norwegian Bokmål 
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                 estuar estuarvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2024-08-08T12:08:44 Notation: 2673 Norwegian Nynorsk 
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                 خلیج دهانهای خلیج دهانهایvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Persian 
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                 Estuarium Estuariumvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Polish 
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                 estuário estuáriovoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z Last modified: 2021-06-16T21:24:42Z Notation: 2673 Portuguese 
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                 estuare estuarevoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2020-07-10T18:00:26.175+02:00 Notation: 2673 Romanian 
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                 устья рек устья рекvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Russian 
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                 estuáriá estuáriávoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Slovak 
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                 Estuario Estuariovoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2024-07-03T16:11:42Z Notation: 2673 Spanish 
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                 milango wa mto milango wa mtovoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2023-11-29T14:50:42Z Notation: 2673 Swahili 
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                 estuarier estuariervoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2024-08-08T12:08:44 Notation: 2673 Swedish 
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                 నదీముఖ ద్వారాలు నదీముఖ ద్వారాలుvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2012-02-03T16:32:25Z Last modified: 2012-02-03T16:32:25Z Notation: 2673 Telugu 
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                 ปากแม่น้ำ ปากแม่น้ำvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z Notation: 2673 Thai 
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                 haliç haliçvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2011-11-20T20:08:28Z Last modified: 2017-04-03T09:37:08Z Notation: 2673 Turkish 
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                 гирла річок гирла річокvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2013-07-31T23:10:10Z Last modified: 2017-10-25T09:30:17Z Notation: 2673 Ukrainian 
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                 естуарії естуаріїvoid:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc Created: 2013-07-31T23:13:50Z Last modified: 2013-09-02T16:18:27Z Notation: 1375283630754