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A body of frozen water more than 50,000 km 2: Inlet: a body of water, usually seawater, which has characteristics of one or more of the following: bay, cove, estuary, firth, fjord, geo, sea loch, or sound. Kettle (or kettle lake) a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. Kill
2 Brackish water bodies. 3 Fresh water bodies. Toggle Fresh water bodies subsection. 3.1 Lakes. 3.1.1 Lakes, by region. ... List of lakes named Rocky Lake in Nova Scotia;
Pages in category "Bodies of water of Nova Scotia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The old name Cobequid was derived from the Mi'kmaq word "Wagobagitk" meaning "the bay runs far up", in reference to the area surrounding the easternmost inlet of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, a body of water called Cobequid Bay. [1] Cobequid was granted in 1689 to Mathieu Martin. He was said to be the first Acadian born in Acadia. [1]
Mahone Bay is a bay on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County. The bay has many islands (potentially 365), [ 1 ] and is a popular sailing area. Since 2003 the Mahone Islands Conservation Association has been working to protect the natural environment of the bay.
Some bodies of water named "Gut" are: Digby Gut in Nova Scotia; Mira Gut, at the confluence of the Mira River with the Atlantic Ocean at the settlement of Mira Gut, Nova Scotia; Gut of Canso in Nova Scotia; Big Gut at Pictou Landing, Nova Scotia; Shippagan Gut, separating Lamèque Island from the mainland in New Brunswick
Vaslui River, Romania – uj meant "body of water" in Cuman; Walla Walla River, Washington, US (Little River River; Walla means "river" in Sahaptin, repeated to express the diminutive ("little river")) River Waveney (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Winterbourne Stream, East Sussex, UK — bourne meaning a stream that only flows in winter.
Boat Harbour is a body of water on the Northumberland Strait in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally a tidal estuary , construction of a pulp and paper waste effluent treatment facility in the 1960s led to the pollution of the harbour and the source of ongoing environmental concern. [ 3 ]