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fjord

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

fjord or fiord , steep-sided inlet of the sea characteristic of glaciated regions. Fjords probably resulted from the scouring by glaciers of valleys formed by any of several processes, including faulting and erosion by running water. When the regions occupied by these glaciers subsided, the valleys were drowned by the sea. The fjord coast lines of Norway, Scotland, Greenland, Alaska, British Columbia, S Chile, S New Zealand, and Antarctica are examples. A fjord differs from most estuaries in its sheer, parallel walls, often extending far below the water surface, and in its many branches of similar form. Often shallow at the mouth, fjords are frequently very deep farther inland. Sognafjord (Norway) is 4,000 ft (1,220 m) deep and over 100 mi (160 km) long. Loch Moran, Scotland (1,017 ft/310 m), is a typical fjord but is separated from the sea. Norwegian fjords are noted for their grandeur.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fjord / fēˈôrd; fyôrd/ (also fiord) • n. a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

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fjord

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

fjord (fiord) Narrow, steep-sided inlet on a sea coast. They were formed by glaciers moving towards the sea, and were flooded when the ice melted and sea levels rose.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

fjord See FIORD.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "fjord." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

fjord See fiord.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "fjord." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

fjord •aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward •fjord

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