The place where river meets sea is called
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An estuary is the area where a river meets the sea or ocean, where fresh water from the river meets salt water from the sea. Headwaters are streams and rivers (tributaries) that are the source of a stream or river. The hydrologic cycle is another name for the water cycle.
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The process by which a river merges with the sea is called the confluence of river and sea or the confluence of fresh water of river and salt water of sea.
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- An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal area of brackish water in which one or more rivers or streams flow and has a free connection to the open sea.
- The character of the river forms the transition zone between the river environment and the marine environment, i.e. the river meets the sea.
- The place where a river meets the sea or ocean is called estuary.
- This place is called Gangasagar. It is the southern tip of a 20-mile-long, finger-shaped land, called the Sea Island, to the west of the vast delta that flows into the sea via the Ganges India and Bangladesh.
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