Assertion: estuary's water | /r/CapableOf | enter the estuary
Facets:
value: from rivers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: more directly from precipitation
type: OTHER
value: from groundwater
type: OTHER
value: from streams
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from runoff
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Periods of drought or excessive rainfall affect the amount of fresh water entering the estuary from rivers or runoff, and can easily change the physical, chemical and biological conditions in an estuary.
text: As fresh water from rivers enters an estuary it mixes with saltwater from the sea.
text: Salinity is not extremely variable in the open ocean, but salinity in an estuary varies according to tidal fluctuations, the geographical position of the estuary, and the volume of fresh water entering the estuary.
text: Fresh water may enter the estuary from rivers and streams, groundwater, or more directly from precipitation.
text: Salinity is not extremely variable in the open ocean, but salinity in an estuary varies according to tidal fluctuations, the geographical position of the estuary, and the volume of fresh water entering the estuary.
text: Fresh water may enter the estuary from rivers and streams, groundwater, or more directly from precipitation.
text: Fresh water entering estuaries may float on the surface of the denser salt water or hug one shore as a result of density differences related to water temperature, salinity, or suspended matter.