Fjard
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago.
"However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards have developed in the low-relief rocky coast of northern Sweden, having cross-sections with less steep walls and presenting some lateral terraces which may be confused with strandflats."
Example
More examples"However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards have developed in the low-relief rocky coast of northern Sweden, having cross-sections with less steep walls and presenting some lateral terraces which may be confused with strandflats."
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish fjärd. The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, port, and firth
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