ESTUARIES

CULTURAL BENEFITS OF ESTUARIES

CULTURAL BENEFITS OF ESTUARIES

Recreation- boating, fishing, swimming, surfing and bird

watching are just a few of the numerous recreational activities people enjoy in estuaries.

* Scientific knowledge

- estuaries are invaluable laboratories for scientists and students, poets and painters, bird watchers and canoeists.

* Education- estuaries provide lessons in biology, geology, chemistry, physics, history and social issues.

* Aesthetic values- estuaries provide aesthetic enjoyment for the people who live, work, or recreate in and around them.