river mouth

noun

: the place where the river enters the ocean

Examples of river mouth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Every Tuesday, volunteers clear out invasive plant species and restore native habitats, with the site alternating between the river mouth in Ocean Beach and along areas further inland near Mission Valley. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026

This flood-prone river mouth north of Seattle changed dramatically in October when the Stillaguamish Tribe removed two miles of earthen levee. — John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026

In the 1960s, sand was dredged there to begin construction of the Santa Cruz Harbor, permanently altering how waves formed at the river mouth. — Kari Goodbar, Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2026

The watershed screw up the water quality, screw up all the sediment and cobble that, make the river mouth this amazing series of waves. — Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for river mouth

• drouth
• routh