Estuary vs Vlei - What's the difference?
estuary | vlei |
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
(label) A shallow wetlands or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetlands appears seasonally.
* 1861 , (Charles John Andersson), Lake Ngami , , page 301
* 2010 , Jeremiah Allen, Namibia (Other Places Travel Guide), page 199
As nouns the difference between estuary and vlei
is that estuary is coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge while vlei is (label) a shallow wetlands or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetlands appears seasonally or vlei can be (label) a wetland or marsh.estuary
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* Estuary Englishvlei
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* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
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(en noun)- The country thereabout was a succession of vleys or gulleys, then filled with excellent clear water, teeming with water-fowl.
- Although rare, it takes an unearthly amount of rain to fill the Tsauchab River and penetrate the dune area, bringing water into the vlei'. During these rare times, the ' vlei takes on a life of its own, much different than in the absence of water