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Tidal stream   /tˈaɪdəl strim/   Listen
Tidal stream

noun
1.
A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream.  Synonyms: tidal river, tidewater river, tidewater stream.






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"Tidal stream" Quotes from Famous Books



... the THAMES. Weeks and months spent there at all seasons of the year gave even better opportunities for becoming acquainted with the life of the Upper Thames, than the London river did of learning what the tidal stream really is and may become. Fish, fowl and foxes, rare Thames flowers and shy Thames chub, butterflies, eel-traps, fountains and springs, river shells and water insects, are all parts of the "natural commodities" of the district. There is no better and more representative part of the river ...
— The Naturalist on the Thames • C. J. Cornish



Words linked to "Tidal stream" :   stream, watercourse, tidal river, tidewater



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