The salt wedge in the water column of an estuary:
A) Moves inland as tide moves in.
B) Is found in shallower water as one moves inland.
C) Decreases the average salinity of the estuary.
D) Decreases the distribution of marine organisms along the bottom of the estuary.
E) Spreads further into the estuary as the flow of freshwater increases.
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