5-Earth Science-Water-Ocean-Coast

coast

Sea meets land {coast, ocean}.

bay of sea

Sea can make small coastline indentations {bay}|.

estuary

At shore, low valleys {estuary}| can fill with rising water.

inlet

narrow bay {inlet}|, or narrow area between two islands.

fjord

At shore, steep glacier valleys {fjord} can fill with rising waters.

gulf

Sea can make big coastline indentations {gulf}|.

lagoon

Oblique currents and waves create beaches, sandbars, and spits on shore, and make offshore sandbars if beach has shallow slope. Quiet water {lagoon}| can be between a sandbar and shore.

littoral tidal

Sea has a region {littoral}| between high and low tides.

sound in ocean

Water {sound, shore} can be between island and shore.

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