tidewater
Americannoun
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water that advances and recedes with the tide
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water that covers land that is dry at low tide
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coastal land drained by tidal streams
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( as modifier )
tidewater regions
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Water that inundates land at flood tide.
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Water affected by the tides, especially tidal streams.
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Low coastal land drained by tidal streams.
Etymology
Origin of tidewater
Example Sentences
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As temperatures continue rising around the Antarctic Peninsula, more glaciers are losing their protective ice tongues and becoming tidewater glaciers, meaning their termini rest directly on the seabed.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Many Antarctic glaciers are tidewater glaciers, meaning they sit on the ocean floor and extend into the sea, where they release icebergs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
Another endangered fish, northern tidewater gobies, were rescued from the same watershed shortly before the steelhead were liberated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors confirmed that state Fish and Wildlife officials and the regional water board had directed the county to not disturb the tidewater goby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
He started plodding north from tidewater in February, but his enthusiasm fizzled on the lower reaches of the Ruth Glacier, still thirty miles from the peak, so he aborted the attempt and retreated to Talkeetna.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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