What Are Fjords?

What Are Fjords?

What Are Fjords?

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	challenging words:		fjord, fjords, inlet, towering, coast, awesome, inland, clearly, satellite, photo, credit, spelled, narrow, surface, steep, above
	content words:		British Columbia

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What Are Fjords?
By Cindy Grigg

¹ Satellite photo of Norway's coast clearly showing fjords. Photo credit: NASA

² A fjord (also spelled fjiord) is one type of sea inlet. They are like long and narrow fingers of seawater that poke into coastlines. They have high, steep sides. Fjords (say: fyohrds) were carved out by glaciers. As glaciers slipped and slid toward the sea, they sliced deep valleys into the surface of the land. The glaciers melted. Sea levels rose. The valleys filled with sea water. Some of Norway's fjords reach far inland. Ships can travel in them more than one hundred miles from the coast. Their water is very deep. Fjords are found in other places, too. They are found in countries .....
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