English: transitional waters (estuary)

Part of speech

Noun, Plural

Definition

Bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to coastal waters but are substantially influenced by freshwater.

Context

Gall y term ‘transitional waters’ hefyd olygu morlynnoedd a ffiordau. Os oes angen defnyddio term nad yw mor benodol â ‘dyfroedd aberol’, gellid defnyddio term fel ‘dyfroedd lled groyw’.