http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: estuarine http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Facing east, a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay. The mainland is seen at far right. Biscayne Bay is an estuary, a place where freshwater and salt water meet. Freshwater flow from the land supplies the bay with nutrients.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_0 <![CDATA[Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_f30Mdq5CCw_06_17_2009_1 <![CDATA[Beyond the mangrove key islets that make up the Ten Thousand Islands, lies the Gulf of Mexico. The Ten Thousand Islands are comprised of hundreds of mangrove islands that extend northward from the northwest corner of Everglades National Park. These uninhabited islands stretch for 60-miles along the Gulf Coast. Surrounding the Ten Thousand Islands is an estuary, formed from where freshwaters from the land meet with saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_17_2009_eja4DpoCBW_06_17_2009_1 <![CDATA[Looking through a channel between the mangrove tree Florida Key islands, south of Boggy Key.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_2 <![CDATA[A close-up view of a mangrove islet of the Florida Keys, south of Boggy Key.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_3 <![CDATA[A great white heron standing atop the mangrove roots of Boggy Key; a Florida Key island.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_4 <![CDATA[Red mangroves and their root systems at the edge of Shell Key, in Florida Bay.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_9 <![CDATA[Looking south from Little Madeira Bay at a line of Key islands in Florida Bay.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_10 <![CDATA[Looking south from the Black Betsy Keys shore, onto waters of Florida Bay. On the horizon, Key islands separate the green bay waters from the blue cloud-filled skies.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_11 <![CDATA[A short walk through the shallow mangrove perimeter to the interior of Bob Allen Key affords this view of a mostly clear, shallow ponded area.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/k52Rj77ihc_12