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InletAn '''inlet''' is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a Sound (geography)|sound, bay (aquatic)|bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an "entrance" or a recession in the shore of a sea, lake or river. A certain kind of inlet created by glaciation is a fjord, typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane lakes.
Complexes of large inlets or fjords may be called sound (geography)|sounds, e.g. Puget Sound, Howe Sound, Karmsund (''sund'' is Norwegian language|Norwegian for "sound"). Some fjord-type inlets are called canals, e.g. Portland Canal, Lynn Canal, Hood Canal, and some are channels, e.g. Dean Channel, Douglas Channel.
See also
- Fjord
- British Columbia Coast
- Alaska Panhandle
- Inside Passage
- Hood Canal
External links
- Coastal Inlets Research Program
- Hood Canal on Google Maps
References
Category:Coastal geography
Category:Inlets|*Related Images
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