Day in the Life of the Hudson River and Estuary

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Across
  1. 2. an area of shallow water with many plants growing through the water’s surface
  2. 4. a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in water
  3. 7. belonging in a particular place by birth; not brought in from another region
  4. 9. the amount of oxygen gas in the water
  5. 10. a wide, flat-bottomed boat that is pushed or towed by other boats to transport goods
  6. 11. the outgoing tidal current
  7. 14. mixture of fresh and salt water
  8. 16. a thin extension of a water-living animal’s body, used in guiding its movement (shown – dorsal (back), and pectoral (side)
  9. 17. the area of land from which water drains into a body of water
  10. 21. an individual living thing (plant, animal, bacteria, etc.)
  11. 22. water moving continuously in a certain direction
  12. 23. the incoming tidal current
  13. 24. an animal without a backbone
Down
  1. 1. to move from one place to another
  2. 3. a body of water in which fresh and salt water meet
  3. 4. a fishing net that hangs vertically between floats and weights
  4. 5. the repetitive rise and fall of the ocean’s surface over a 24-hour period
  5. 6. loose sand, clay, silt and soil particles, broken down by weathering and erosion, that settle at the bottom of a water body
  6. 8. a group of living things that interact and are located in one place
  7. 12. the particular sort of place where a given plant or animal lives
  8. 13. to lay eggs; usually refers to animals that live in water
  9. 15. the leading edge of seawater entering an estuary
  10. 18. the alternating rise and fall of the surface of the ocean and bodies of water closely linked to it
  11. 19. a slender whisker-like organ on some fishes’ heads used to feel and taste
  12. 20. colors and patterns that let animals blend in with their surroundings