tidewater

noun

tide·wa·ter ˈtīd-ˌwȯ-tər

-ˌwä-

Synonyms of tidewater next

: water overflowing land at flood tide

also : water affected by the ebb and flow of the tide

: low-lying coastal land

Examples of tidewater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The restoration will excavate a deeper channel that will be kept open year-round to tidal flushing and create new homes for native species of birds, plants and even fish such as the tidewater goby, a small, coastal-dependent species in danger of extinction. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023 Set on Resurrection Bay, Seward is the gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, the location of the massive Harding Ice Field and tidewater glaciers that calve into the sea among seals, sea lions, and whales. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023 As late as the 1980s, tourists on boats could see icebergs from Muir Glacier calving into the bay, but today Muir no longer meets the tidewater. —

Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023 Despite local support to raise funds and restore the building to include a museum featuring the nurses' stories, the building has been vacant for 15 years and is now suffering from a failing roof, interior deterioration and crumbling foundations, which were built in tidewater. —

Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020 Further down along the coast, the mountains get smaller and more rounded, and their lush green forms poke over beautiful tidewater glaciers. —

Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023 At Glacier Bay National Park, behold vast tidewater glaciers from your kayak in the tranquil Muir Inlet. —

Victoria Tang, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2011 The area remained a bucolic outpost of the city when the Western Maryland Railway formed the Western Maryland Tidewater Railroad Co. in 1883, planning to build a tidewater terminal for the railroad. —

Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2022 Armed with a handgun and several magazines, Andre M. Bing, a supervisor at a Walmart in this tidewater Virginia city of about 250,000, entered the store and opened fire, authorities said. —

Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022 See More

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