- a variation of fjord.
fiord
Example Sentences
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These icebergs, some of them skyscraper-size, calve regularly from the glacier front, crash into a deep fiord and float west into Disko Bay.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
I booked a private tour of the stunning Milford Sound, a fiord known for its waterfalls and rainforests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
Figure 17.27 Howe Sound, north of Vancouver, is a fiord with well-defined glacial erosion features.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Central to the debate in Greenland is a $2.3 billion project for an iron ore mine by the British-based London Mining Plc near a fiord in Nuuk.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2013
The mourners soon disappeared at the fiord, whence, shortly afterwards, a vessel departed under full sail.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
