Estuary vs Oasis - What's the difference?
estuary | oasis |
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=7, title= A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
As a noun estuary
is coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.As a proper noun oasis is
the great oasis of thebes, a string of oases in the (libyan desert) where the roman empire would send its criminals, the location of the modern (dakhla oasis) and (kharga oasis).estuary
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(estuaries)Derived terms
* Estuary Englishoasis
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(wikipedia oasis)Noun
(oases)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis', the '''Oasis''' of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost ' Oasis was the Found!}}