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|Meaning=(Sometimes spelled fiord, fiard.) A deep-water inlet, usually surrounded by mountains; specifically  a submerged U-shaped valley carved out by [[glacial]] action.
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Sometimes spelled fiord, fiard.) A deep-water inlet, usually surrounded by mountains; specifically  a submerged U-shaped valley carved out by [[glacial]] action.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The fjord is characteristic of the coastal regions of Norway, western Scotland and Ireland,  Greenland, Labrador, Alaska, British Columbia, southern Chile, the Antarctic peninsula, southwest  New Zealand, and other high-latitude oceanic islands (Iceland, Spitzbergen, Kerguelen, etc.).</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 30 March 2024

(Sometimes spelled fiord, fiard.) A deep-water inlet, usually surrounded by mountains; specifically a submerged U-shaped valley carved out by glacial action.

The fjord is characteristic of the coastal regions of Norway, western Scotland and Ireland, Greenland, Labrador, Alaska, British Columbia, southern Chile, the Antarctic peninsula, southwest New Zealand, and other high-latitude oceanic islands (Iceland, Spitzbergen, Kerguelen, etc.).

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