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Estuaries Of Canada
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone. Estuaries are subject both to marine influences such as tides, Wave, waves, and the influx of saline water, and to fluvial influences such as flows of freshwater and sediment. The mixing of seawater and freshwater provides high levels of nutrients both in the water column and in sediment, making estuaries among the most productive natural habitats in the world. Most existing estuaries formed during the Holocene epoch with the flooding of river-eroded or glacially scoured valleys when the sea level began to rise about 10,000–12,000 years ago. Estuaries are typically classified according to their geomorphology, geomorphological features or to water-circulation patterns. They can have many different names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattole River Estuary 2005
The Mattole, including the Bear River Indians, are a group of Native Americans in California. Their traditional lands are along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County, California. A notable difference between the Mattole and other indigenous peoples of California is that the men traditionally had facial tattoos (on the forehead), while other local groups traditionally restricted facial tattooing to women. Name The Wailaki name was ''Tul'bush'' ("foreigners"), the Cahto name was ''Diideeʾ-kiiyaahaangn'' ("The North Tribe"). The Bear River Indians called themselves and the Mattole Ni'ekeni'. Language The Mattole spoke the Mattole language, an Athapaskan language that may have been closely related to that of their Eel River neighbors to the east. According to linguist Victor Golla, the last surviving person who could speak the Mattole language died in the 1950s. Territory Historically, the Mattole lived along the Mattole River in the valley of Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
