ESTUARIES

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Mind Map on ESTUARIES, created by fatimanicol_18 on 10/10/2014.
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ESTUARIES
  1. MAINT TOPIC
    1. FRESH WATER FROM LAND ENTERS THE OCEAN THROUGH RIVERS ESTREAMS AND GROUNDWATER FLOWING THROUGH VALLEYS, THESE VALLEYS, THAT CHANNEL FRESH WATER FROM LAND TO THE SALTY OCEAN, WHICH RANGE FROM EXTREMELLY NARROW STREAM CUT CHANNELS TO REMARKABLY BROAD LAGOONS BEHIND LONG BARRIER ISLANDS, ARE CALLED ESTUARIES.
      1. THE POWERFUL FLOW OF WATER IN MAJOR RIVERS MAINTAINS CHANNELS THAT ARE DEEP ENOUGHT FOR NAVIGATION BY OCEAN BOUND VESSELS AND THE RIVERS THEMSELVES PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS TO POINTS FARTHER INLAND
        1. ESTUARY SYSTEMS WHICH VARY TO REFLECT THE GEOLOGY OF THE COASTS WHERE THEY ARE FOUND CAN BE BROADLY CATEGORIZED AS ONE OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPE
    2. MAINT SUPPORT
      1. THE TYPES OF ESTUARIES THAT ARE NO VIABLE AS PORTS OF CALL FOR OCEAN COMMERCE ARE THOSE THAT ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH , NO DEEP ENOUGH AND NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE BUILDUP OF SEDIMENT.
        1. ONE TYPE OF ESTUARY SYSTEM IS TYPE THAT IS FOUND IN FLOODED COASTAL PLAINS, THE BROAD LAND AREAS THAT EXTEND OUT TO THE CONTINENTAL SHELVES, ON THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF NORTH AND SOUT AMERICA.
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