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A/an ____ is the wide end of a river that meets the sea.

A

Creek

B

Estuary

C

Gorge

D

Meander

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B
Eventually a river meets the sea and the place where it does is called the mouth. The last of the mud is deposited at the river.s mouth. A wide mouth is called an estuary. Some estuaries are enormous – the estuary of the Amazon is 333 kilometres wide!
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