Mangrove trees grow in fresh water ecosystems when the salt water flows far enough inland.
The water flowed inland about 100 yd (100 m) before receding, leaving some cars stuck in the mud.
The general trend is for run-off to flow inland, but there is insufficient rainfall to produce any marked drainage pattern.
The world seemed in his grasp as he listened to the River Thames, which still flowed inland from the sea.
Every 30 years or so, exceptional rains charge rivers which flow inland, filling the lake.
Those conditions are common west of the Continental Divide, where warm, moist air flows inland from the Pacific Ocean.
He noticed creeks in the area flowed inland, and followed them expecting to find a large fresh water lake.
The cooler air above the sea, now with higher sea level pressure, flows inland into the lower pressure, creating a cooler breeze near the coast.
Such a channel would allow water from the sea to flow inland.
The criss-cross pattern of streets, pricked out by street lights, flowed inland until the town petered out into blackness.