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    <th width="80%" rowspan="2" align="left"><h1>What Are Estuarine Wetlands?</h1></th>
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    <td width="50%" valign="top"><p><a style="background-color:#FFFFFF" href="../../images/e_estuarine_1000w667h.jpg"><img src="../../../../images/wetlands/e_estuarine300w200h.jpg" alt="Estuarine Wetland at Georgiana Slough in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" width="300" height="200" align="left" style="margin-right:20px" /></a>
      Estuarine  wetlands form along the tidal reaches of rivers and streams, and along the  margins of estuarine bays and straits. They depend on regular tidal flooding,  although the timing and degree of tidal flooding might be managed with tide  gates, weirs, and other water control structures. Common names for estuarine  wetlands include tidal flats, tidal marshes, and salt marshes. Depending on the  mixture of freshwater and saltwater that floods an estuarine wetland, it might  be fresh, brackish, or saline.<br />
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        <li><strong>Georgiana Slough in the Sacramento-San&nbsp;Joaquin&nbsp;Delta</strong><br />
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