The ideal Renaissance man. An aspect of court life was the idea that the ideal Renaissance man should be widely accomplished. This is reflected in Measure for Measure when, the Duke describes himself as âa scholar, a statesman and a soldier'. The qualities of an ideal Renaissance prince were also outlined in Hamlet:
noun, plural estuaries. 1. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide. 2. an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river. Origin of estuary. Latin.
Swamps and marshes take the initial impact of high winds moving in from the ocean, soak up heavy rain and storm surges, and release the extra water gradually into rivers and groundwater supplies. Estuaries are a type of environmental filter as plants and animals in estuaries filter pollutants out of the water. Particles in the water are either removed by chemical processes (aerobic respiration, sulfate reduction, methanogenesis) or by the feeding of estuarine animals and bacteria.