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embayment

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embayment [em′bā·mənt]
(geography)
Indentation in a shoreline forming a bay.
(geology)
Act or process of forming a bay.
A reentrant of sedimentary rock into a crystalline massif.
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ABSTRACT A high-salinity embayment located near Beaufort, North Carolina was surveyed to create a bathymetric profile of the main basin.
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