1) Alaskan cruise sight 2) Bit of Greenland topography 3) Coastal inlet 4) Coastal inlet of Norway 5) Cruise destination 6) Denmark coastal feature 7) Every May 8) Finger of the ocean 9) Fiord 10) Geographical finger 11) Glacial landform 12) Glacially carved inlet 13) Glacier site 14) Greenland coastal feature
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1) Bay 2) Estuary 3) Fiord 4) Inlet 5) Ria
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Geologically, a fjord (d or d; also spelled fiord) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial erosion. The word comes to English from Norwegian, but related words are used in several Nordic languages, in many cases to refer to any long narrow body of water other than the more specific meaning it has in English. There ar...
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• (n.) See Fiord.
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long narrow arm of the sea, commonly extending far inland, that results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley. Many fjords are astonishingly ... [15 related articles]
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A fjord is a deep, narrow flooded inlet of the sea that was formed during the last Ice Age.
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A deep, steep-walled, U-shaped valley formed by erosion by a glacier and submerged with seawater.
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A deep, narrow, steep-walled, U-shaped valley that was carved by a glacier and is now occupied by th
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Fjord (fyôrd)
noun See
Fiord .
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A glacial valley or glacial trough found along the coast that is now filled with a mixture of fresh water and seawater.
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A fjord is a long, narrow inlet resulting from the subsidence of a mountainous coast and the subsequent flooding of the valleys.
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A narrow, steep-sided sea inlet.
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n] - a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
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glacial troughs that fill with sea water.
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A long, narrow arm of the sea, usually formed by entrance of the sea into a deep glacial trough.
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Narrow sea inlet enclosed by high cliffs. Fjords are found in Norway, New Zealand, Southern Chile, and western parts of Scotland. They are formed when an overdeepened U-shaped glacial valley is drowned by a rise in sea-level. At the mouth of the fjord there is a characteristic lip causing a s...
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Glaciated valleys now flooded by the sea.
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a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion. · (in Scandinavia) a bay.
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