fjord
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Here in Kapisillit in western Greenland, a cluster of coloured houses cling to the hillside in a frozen fjord.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
I drove through the woods and along a fjord until I reached the Alderbrook Resort & Spa, in a town called Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
After an iceberg crashes into the water, surface waves called calving-induced tsunamis sweep across the fjord and mix the upper water layers.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025
Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
“Just think about being in a cool place. That always helps. Let’s pretend this is our new home in Norway. There’s a fjord outside and snow on the mountains.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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