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Benthos
Animal that lives at the bottom of a body of water.
Osmoconformer
Animal whose salinity is the same as the surrounding water.
Estuary
Body of water between a river and the sea.
Delta
Landform at the mouth of a river.
Spit
Long strip of beach only connected to land at one end.
distributary
a stream that flows off the main channel.
Plankton
animals that drift in water.
littoral
area at the edge of the water.
Mean sea level
average height of the ocean's surface.
alluvial fan
delta formed by large rocks.
Barrier Island
narrow strip of land parallel to the coast.
THEMIS
satellite camera that found deltas on Mars.
