The two sub-categories are: a) Coastal plain estuaries, which occur on low relief coasts due to high sedimentation and in-filling of a river valley; and b) Rias, which are former river valleys in ...

Estuaries exist as boundaries between land and ... Efforts are underway to add sediment, removed from the Pajaro River, onto the marsh plain, replicating the natural sediment deposition process ...

As coastal engineers and oceanographers, we study coastal ocean physics and storm surge. There are solutions to the problems “estuary urbanization” is causing, if people are willing to accept ...

The Coastal Estuary Restoration Fund, according to estuary program spokeswoman Sara Shields, was created in response to a nationwide desire to support the region following the April 20 rig ...

A massive wildlife conservation site and port complex, the Humber Estuary is "the second-largest coastal plain estuary in the UK, and the largest coastal plain estuary on the east coast of Britain." ...

Two kayakers in an estuary head toward Jones Island near Swansboro. The North Carolina Coastal Federation is celebrating National Estuaries Week through Saturday. What started as a single day in ...