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Estuaries have ecological value, for example, plants such as mangroves act as a buffer between land and sea, absorbing floodwaters from the land and storm surges from the sea.
Estuaries have ecological value, for example, plants such as mangroves act as a buffer between land and sea, absorbing floodwaters from the land and storm surges from the sea.