Fjord
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfiːɔːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fjord is a noun meaning A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
Meaning
A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
Example Sentences
In the center of Mount Desert Island is deep Somes Sound, almost bisecting the island and forming the only natural fjord on the entire Atlantic Coast of North America.
Why should the flow of water within a fjord be of interest to the geologist? After all, fjordic geomorphology has changed little over the last few thousand years. One reason is that attention has recently focused on fjords as archives of Holocene climate change.
The warm Alaska Current raises the water temperature off the coast of the monument to approximately 55°F. in the summer, while winter temperatures range from 37.5° to 40°F. Temperatures in individual fjords vary due to tidewater glaciers and fresh water flowing into the fjords [...].
About 20 English miles beyond this river, which is the largest in Norway, the road crosses the fjord which forms the boundary of the two kingdoms [Norway and Sweden]; and whose waters but too often in former days were dyed with the life-blood of many a bold mountaineer who crossed the "border stream" never to return.
Word Forms
- fjords
Synonyms for fjord
Depending on context, synonyms include fiord.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fiord, ria, inlet, fjard, firth, frith.
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