Fjords

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  • Fjords
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  • Formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Many such valleys were formed during the recent ice age. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice load and eroded sediment is removed (also called isostasy or glacial rebound).
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd/) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, Labrador, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Nunavut, Quebec, the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile, Russia, South Georgia Island, Tasmania, United Kingdom, and Washington state. Norway's coastline is estimated to be 29,000 km (18,000 mi) long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km (1,600 mi) long excluding the fjords.

    フィヨルド（ノルウェー語: fjord）は、峡湾（きょうわん）、峡江（きょうこう）ともいい、氷河による侵食作用によって形成された複雑な地形の湾・入り江のこと。ノルウェー語による通俗語を元とした地理学用語である。湾の入り口から奥まで湾の幅があまり変わらず、非常に細長い形状の湾を形成する。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Fjord)