An estuary acts as a nutrient trap because of the:

Options

A. height of water table
B. action of rivers and tides
C. amount of rainfall received
D. depth at which photosynthesis can occur

Answer

B

Explanation

An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water along the coast where freshwater from rivers and streams meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean. Estuaries and the lands surrounding them are places of transition from land to sea and freshwater to salt water.