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fiard, fjard|fjɑːd|
Also fjärd.
[a. Sw. fjärd bay, area of water between mainland and islands, cogn. with fiord.]
An arm of the sea similar to a fiord but having a broader and more irregular shape and occurring on coasts of lower relief.
1904A. Knox Gloss. Geogr. & Topogr. Terms 116 Fjärd (Sw.), frith or long narrow inlet, bay. 1913J. W. Gregory Nature & Origin Fiords iii. 67 The essential difference between fiords and fiards is that the latter occur in coasts where the land is low. 1934M. R. Shackleton Europe xv. 204 Other sea lochs..with lower banks have been termed ‘fjards’, such as those occurring on the southern coast of Norway. 1940C. M. Rice Dict. Geol. Terms 135/2 Fiards are shorter and shallower than fiords... Norway is a fiord country, while Sweden has few fiords but many fiards. 1965F. J. Monkhouse Princ. Phys. Geogr. 325 Around the low-lying coasts of southern Sweden are numerous indentations to which are given the name of fjärd... Apart from their lower shores and surroundings they are broader and less regular than fjords. |