Sentences with phrase «oceans near the mouth»

We are seeing nitrate pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and a lot of our coastal oceans near the mouth of rivers that are downstream from Big Ag production regions that use a lot of fertilizers.

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Seen from below, its belly glows with blue light, making it difficult to distinguish against the backdrop of sunlight coming from the ocean's surface — except for a small dark band near its mouth.

Meanwhile, Australia's longest river, the Murray, winds through South Australia from its source near the ski slopes in the Australian Alps, and drains into lakes near the river mouth, before emptying into the Southern Ocean near the waterbird - rich lagoons of the Coorong.

Watch out for crocodiles around the river mouth that is located near by, sometimes in the rainy season they get washed into the Pacific Ocean.

Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean, the city was named after John Jacob Astor, an investor from New York City whose American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811.

When freshwater from a river enters a coastal ocean, a rotating mass of water called a bulge often forms near the mouth of the river.

Coast Guard helicopters searched for a missing man near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County, Calif., The A.P. said, but his chance of survival appeared slim given the roughness of the ocean and the cold.