^The distinction between the two is that inlets do not necessarily have rivers entering into them, whereas estuaries do for the condition of their names, but inlets can have contributory rivers or other associated water bodies.
^Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research; National Trust of Australia (W.A.); University of Western Australia Press; Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, Ernest (2005), Ernest Hodgkin's Swanland : estuaries and coastal lagoons of South-western Australia, University of Western Australia Press for the Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research and National Trust of Australia (WA),
ISBN978-1-920694-38-8
^Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Majer, Karen; CSIRO. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography (1978), An index to ecological information on estuaries and marine embayments in Western Australia (2nd rev. ed.), CSIRO, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography,
ISBN978-0-643-02018-4
^Chambers, Jane; Chambers, J. M; Western Australia. Department of Environment; Murdoch University. Environmental Science; Swan River Trust (W.A.); Western Australia. Water Corporation (2005), Scum book : a guide to common algae and aquatic plants in wetlands and estuaries of south-western Australia, Department of Environment ; Murdoch, W.A. : Murdoch University,
ISBN978-1-920947-68-2
^The distinction between the two is that inlets do not necessarily have rivers entering into them, whereas estuaries do for the condition of their names, but inlets can have contributory rivers or other associated water bodies.
^Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research; National Trust of Australia (W.A.); University of Western Australia Press; Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, Ernest (2005), Ernest Hodgkin's Swanland : estuaries and coastal lagoons of South-western Australia, University of Western Australia Press for the Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research and National Trust of Australia (WA),
ISBN978-1-920694-38-8
^Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Majer, Karen; CSIRO. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography (1978), An index to ecological information on estuaries and marine embayments in Western Australia (2nd rev. ed.), CSIRO, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography,
ISBN978-0-643-02018-4
^Chambers, Jane; Chambers, J. M; Western Australia. Department of Environment; Murdoch University. Environmental Science; Swan River Trust (W.A.); Western Australia. Water Corporation (2005), Scum book : a guide to common algae and aquatic plants in wetlands and estuaries of south-western Australia, Department of Environment ; Murdoch, W.A. : Murdoch University,
ISBN978-1-920947-68-2