Define lagoon, estuary,delta,tributary and tectonic plates?
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Explanation:
Lagoon: a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.
Estuary: the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
Delta: a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular.
Tributary: a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
Tectonic Plates: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
1.lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a large body of water barrier island or reefs.2.estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more river or stream following into it, and a free connection to the open sea.
3.a delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves in mouth and enter slower moving or standing water .
4.a tributary is a freshwater stream that feed into a large stream or river .the larger, or parents, fiverr called mainstem.the point where a tributary meets the mainstem is called confluence.