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Where rivers hit the ocean's mood swings and everyone just deals with it twice a day.
means A low-lying coastal region where rivers meet the sea and are pushed around by the daily rise and fall of the tides.
from A straightforward compound of 'tide' (Old English 'tīd,' originally meaning 'time' or 'a portion of time,' before it narrowed to the sea's rhythmic rise and fall) and 'water.' The term took on a specific geographic life in places like the Chesapeake Bay region of the U.S., where 'Tidewater' came to name the flat, tide-influenced lowlands hugging the coast — the land itself named for the twice-daily reminder that the ocean is in charge.
- geography
- low coastal land shaped by tidal rivers, not rainfall
- virginia usage
- region name predates the united states itself
- salinity gradient
- freshwater and saltwater mix, confusing fish daily
- flood risk
- land sinks while sea rises, a losing math problem