estuary

Summary

estuary has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• estuary is a type of marine ecosystem^[2].
• estuary is a type of river ecosystem^[3].
• estuary is a type of body of water^[4].
• estuary is a type of ecosystem^[5].
• estuary is a type of river mouth^[6].
• estuary is a type of ecoregion^[7].
• estuary's Commons category is recorded as Estuaries^[8].
• estuary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Estuaries^[9].
• estuary's facet of is recorded as river morphology^[10].
• estuary's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as estuary=yes^[11].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[12].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• estuary's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[17].
• estuary's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000045^[18].
• estuary's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include marine ecosystem^[2], river ecosystem^[3], body of water^[4], ecosystem^[5], river mouth^[6], and ecoregion^[7].

Why It Matters

estuary has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] estuary is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]