Can anyone tell me what it is called where salt and fresh water come together?

Answer 1

It is called an estuary.

Answer 2

Brackish water, water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water


An estuary is a mouth of a river with a triangle form, semi-enclosed coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and within which seawater mixes with fresh water. The key feature of an estuary is that it is a mixing place for sea water and a stream or river to supply fresh water. A tide is a necessary force to maintain a dynamic relationship at the meeting between the two waters. In non-tidal seas, the rivers naturally form deltas or liman.

An estuary is typically the tidal mouth of a river, and estuaries are often characterised by sedimentation of silt carried in from terrestrial runoff. Estuaries are more likely to occur on submerged coasts, where the sea level has risen in relation to the land, as this process floods valleys to form rias and fjords. These can become estuaries if there is a stream or river flowing into them.

Answer 3

a confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river. The German city name Koblenz indicates, in Germanicized form, its site at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle.

The term is also used to describe the meeting of tidal or other non-riverine bodies of water, such as two canals or a canal and a lake. A one-mile (1.6 km) portion of the Industrial Canal in New Orleans accommodates the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal; ergo those three waterways are confluent there.

Answer 4

A bay. This is where rivers run into mixing fresh and salt water.

Answer 5

Probably wherever freshwater rivers come into the saltwater oceans.

Answer 6

Brackish is what we call it here in Florida.

Answer 7

i call it tasty water.

Answer 8

brackish