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Recent Examples of firthBleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 July 2025 On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.—Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction.—The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019 Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea.—National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
Coastal estuaries are the scene of intense daily dramas of survival, featuring a cast of hundreds of species, and much of it is microscopic and underwater.
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Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
22 Aug. 2025
The crannogs are on Loch Nell, a tranquil inland loch, and some argue they could have been constructed as solar observation sites.
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Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Likewise, while the castle at Balmoral has been valued at $80 million, the Times includes the surround estate — including vast lochs, mountains and moores — at around $278 million.
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