Assertion: estuary | /r/HasProperty | open
Facets:
value: to the ocean
type: LOCATION
value: to the sea
type: LOCATION
value: either permanently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of water that is either permanently or periodically open to the sea and which receives at least periodic discharge from a river(s), and thus, while its salinity is typically less than that of natural sea water and varies temporally and along its length, it can become hypersaline in regions when evaporative water loss is high and freshwater and tidal inputs are negligible.
text: Meiofauna however are generally not affected by the turbidity or current and would most likely be found whether the estuary is either opened or closed.
text: Flushing time is affected by entrance condition (whether the estuary was open to the ocean or blocked by sand) and overall volume.