Marine/Freshwater Mixing, Figure 9 Salinity structure in the Leschenault Inlet estuary (After Semeniuk et al., 2000). (a) Location of
the Leschenault Inlet estuary. (b) Salinity gradient from northern (upper) estuary to southern (lower) estuary over the seasons. (c)
Salinity structure from northern estuary to southern estuary over the seasons showing (a) development of seawater wedge, (b)
freshwater influx in the upper estuary in winter, (c) hypersalinity in the upper estuary in summer, (d) vertically homogeneous salinity
structure in summer, and (e) occurrence of pockets of residual water bodies.
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