Fjord

A fjord (sometimes written fiord, notably in New Zealand English) is a glacially overdeepened valley, usually narrow and steep-sided, extending below sea level and filled with salt water. In Norway, some fresh-water lakes which have formed in long glacially carved valleys with terminal moraines blocking the outlet are named fjords, as well.

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Fjord is an Old Norse loan word, and is a cognate to firth. In Scandinavia, fjord is used for narrow inlets in Norway, Denmark and western Sweden, whereas the name fj?rd is used in a synonymous manner for narrow inlets on the Swedish Baltic Sea coast, and in most Swedish lakes. This latter term is also used for bodies of water off the coast of Finland where Finland Swedish is spoken. Note that the uses for the words fjord and especially for the eastern form fj?rd are more general in the Scandinavian languages than in English.

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New Zealand English: New Zealand English is the dialect of English spoken in New Zealand, occasionally referred to within New Zealand as Newzild....

Glacially: Redirect Glacier...

Valley: :This article is about the physical-geographic term. For places named "Valley" see Valley (disambiguation)....

Fjord related Images and Photos (experimental)

Fjord	A Fjord Scene	Hardanger Fjord	Sogne Fjord Norway
Norwegian Fjord 1000 Piece Puzzle	The Ice-Blue Fjord	View of Hornelen Fjord Norway	Boating on a Norwegian Fjord
Beautiful Day on the Norwegian Fjord