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Hi I’m the Park Ranger will help you differently than the
others. I will give you information
about where houses are and if they’re below sea level. I live next to the
estuary in Point Judith Rhode Island.
An estuary is a semi-enclosed body of water. There’s a mix of fresh and salt water. Without the estuary some life forms wouldn’t exist. This would
make the whole world change. There are
around a hundred different animals that live in estuaries. Some are the Silver Sides that are similar
to minnows. Others are the different
kinds of bivalves and univalves. All of
these are going to die if humans are not aware of their impact on the
estuaries.
Animal waste, human
waste and human manufacturing can affect the estuary. Sometimes natural
disasters will cause a problem.
Estuaries help out when there’s a flood because they suck up a lot of
water like a sponge. Bacteria naturally
eats away some chemicals in the water so it’s cleaner. I would recommend talking to the Save The Bay people next to learn
more.
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