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The estuary has length of 13 kilometres (8 mi) and holds a volume of 2,400,000 cubic metres (85,000,000 cu ft). The inlet covers a total surface area of 4.7 square kilometres (2 sq mi) with the central basin and barriers covering 2.7 square kilometres (1 sq mi) and
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