river mouth
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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During the summer rainy seasons, rainfall filtering into the river picks up nutrients, organic material and sediments, which are then carried to the river mouth and discharged into the ocean, washing over the coral colony.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024
It was a controversial decision, prosecutors said in court papers, because in the Platte River’s natural, non-dredged state, the river mouth became too shallow for boats to pass.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
As officials and community leaders prepared to celebrate the law’s 50th anniversary Tuesday near the river mouth at Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga again is emblematic.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Restoring the river mouth is the last piece to the equation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2021
The river mouth at Moss Landing was centuries ago the entrance to this long inland water.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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