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tidal river

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Noun1.tidal rivertidal river - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
tidewater - low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
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"The house," she explained, "is on a sort of tongue of land, with a tidal river on either side and the sea not fifty yards away from our drawing-room window.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Nearer to the eye, the sullen flow of the tidal river Alde ebbed noiselessly from the muddy banks; and nearer still, lonely and unprosperous by the bleak water-side, lay the lost little port of Slaughden, with its forlorn wharfs and warehouses of decaying wood, and its few scattered coasting-vessels deserted on the oozy river-shore.
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