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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 significant recession in the shore of a sea, lake or large river. A certain kind of inlet created by past glaciation is a fjord, typically but not always in mountainous coastlines ...
Calanque – Narrow inlet on the Mediterranean coast; Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face; Coast – Area where land meets the sea or ocean; Continental shelf – Coastal and oceanic landform; Coral reef – Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons; Cove – Small sheltered bay or coastal inlet
In geography, an arm is a narrow extension, inlet, or smaller reach, of water flowing out from a much larger body of water, such as an ocean, a sea, or a lake. Although different geographically, a sound or bay may also be called an arm. Both the tributary and distributary of a river are sometimes called an "arm".
Flensburg Firth, an inlet forming part of the border between Denmark and Germany; Kiel Firth, an inlet between Danish Wold and Wagria that forms part of Kiel Bay; The Firth of Thames is a bay at the mouth of the Waihou River (formerly named the Thames) in New Zealand; Firth of Tay, Antarctica.
a sea inlet loch. Sea lough: a fjord, estuary, bay or sea inlet. Seep: a body of water formed by a spring. Slough: several different meanings related to wetland or aquatic features. Source: the original point from which the river or stream flows. A river's source is sometimes a spring. Shoal
Narrows Inlet [1] formerly Narrows Arm [2] is a fjord branching east from Sechelt Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. [3] Its companion, Salmon Inlet, another side-inlet of Sechelt Inlet, lies roughly 10 km (6.2 mi) south. [4] About halfway up the inlet lies the Tzoonie Narrows site of Sechelt Inlets Marine Provincial Park.
On the north coast is the River Camel and the River Taw. In Essex are the River Blackwater and River Crouch. Italy: The Fiordo di Furore on the Amalfi Coast in Campania is a ria, despite its name. Malta: Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour; Croatia: Porto Quieto, Lim, Raša, Novsko Ždrilo, Karinsko Ždrilo, Zrmanja, Krka, Morinje, Ploče ...
A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. [1] Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks are characterized by slow water velocity, resulting in buildup of fine, organic sediment in wetlands.