fiord: see fjord 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.
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Long, narrow arm of the sea, often extending well inland, that results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley. Many fjords are remarkably deep; it is assumed that the huge glaciers that formed in these valleys were so heavy that they eroded the bottoms of the valleys far below sea level. After the glaciers melted, the waters of the sea invaded the valleys.
fjord, fiord
fiord [fyȯrd]
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fjord
or fiord)
Bradshaw Sound, Fiordland, west coast of South Island, New Zealand
(credit: Courtesy of the New Zealand Geological Survey; photograph, T. Ulyatt)
fjord, fiord
(esp on the coast of Norway) a long narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs formed by glacial action
fiord [fyȯrd]
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