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The Jersey Shore extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean into its many inlets, including Manasquan Inlet, looking westward at sunset from the jetty at Manasquan, New Jersey, U.S. In marine geography , the term "inlet" usually refers to either the actual channel between an enclosed bay and the open ocean and is often called an "entrance", or a ...
Geo – Inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff; Gulf – Large inlet from the ocean into the landmass List of gulfs; Headland – Landform extending into a body of water, often with significant height and drop; Inlet – Indentation of a shoreline; Island – Piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water
In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. A sound may be an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land masses, such as a strait; or also a lagoon between a barrier island and the mainland. [1] [2]
Calder's Geo, Shetland Geo of Sclaites at Duncansby Head, Caithness. A geo or gio (/ ɡ j oʊ / GYOH, from Old Norse gjá [1]) is an inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff.
An inlet is a narrow body between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inlets .
A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. ... Gulf of Bahrain, inlet of the Persian Gulf on the east coast of Saudi Arabia;
"The Marlborough Sounds" is a local term for a complex of bays and inlets on the northern tip of the South Island, which comprises three main sounds: Kenepuru Sound; Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere; Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui
Cook Inlet has the fourth largest tidal range in the world. The shape of the inlet and its orientation with respect to the lunar orbit causes the tide to come in and go out very rapidly. As the inlet narrows, the speed of the water increases, creating very powerful currents with speeds of up to 6 knots (7 miles per hour).