The Ship Report, Wednesday, January 5, 2025
The Columbia River: a salt water wedge estuary Today we continue our series about the Columbia River. Today's topic: the fact that our lower river is called a "salt water wedge estuary." We'll talk about what that means, and why marine pilots consider it one of the river's many quirks that they need to take into account with regard to ships.
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