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On a sunday evening, Gopika with her family went to see a fish harbour. She saw two fisherman trying to unload the fishes from their boats and she noticed that, only marine fishes are present in one boat and on the other one it was a mixture of both marine and fresh water fishes. Where might be the later one went for fishing?

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Sea
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River
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Lake
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Estuaries
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Solution

The correct option is D Estuaries
Estuaries are the transition zone between river environments and marine environments. Fauna present here is a combination of fresh and salt water which can tolerate variations in salinity.
Water present in estuaries is called brackish water, which is mixture of fresh and salt water.

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