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Fjord. In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd / ⓘ [1]) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. [2] Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the northern and southern hemispheres. [3]
The Hudson River fjord in New York is recognized as the only true Fjord in the eastern coast of the United States [1] [2] Somes Sound, a fjard located within Acadia National Park, is often mistaken for being another fjord located along the eastern coast of the United States. [3] [4]
A ford next to a bridge that can only support 1.5 tonnes in Aufseß, Germany. A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet. [1] A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water crossing is a low bridge ...
Sound (geography) The Aldersund in Helgeland, Norway, separates the island of Aldra (left side) from the continent. In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. A sound may be an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land ...
a fjord, estuary, bay or sea inlet. Seep: a body of water formed by a spring. Slough: several different meanings related to wetland or aquatic features. Source: the original point from which the river or stream flows. A river's source is sometimes a spring. Shoal
The spelling fiord is used in New Zealand rather than fjord, although all the maritime fiords instead use the word sound in their name. The Marlborough Sounds, a series of deep indentations in the coastline at the northern tip of the South Island, are in fact drowned river valleys, or rias.
Max. depth. 1,308 m (4,291 ft) The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsɔ̂ŋnəˌfjuːɳ], English: Sogn Fjord[1][2][3]), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (Norwegian: Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. [4] Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches 205 kilometres (127 mi) inland from ...
Firth is a cognate of fjord, a Norse word meaning a narrow inlet. Forth stems from the name of the river; this is *vo-rit-ia ('slow running') in Proto-Celtic, yielding Foirthe in Old Gaelic and Gweryd in Welsh. [3] It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. [4]