fjord
long, narrow inlet of the ocean created in a valley carved by glacial activity
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Summary
fjord ranks in the top 0.62% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,947 views/month, #483 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: bay[2], body of water[3], shoreline indentation[4]
- Commons category: Fjords[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fjords[6]
- Commons gallery: Fjord[7]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
- Different from: fjard[13], Förden and East Jutland Fjorde[14]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000039[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
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Influence
Things named for fjord include Tour des Fjords[17], a stage race[18], in Norway[19], founded in 2013[20] and Øyfjorden[21], in Norway[22].
Why It Matters
fjord has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] fjord is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for fjord include Tour des Fjords[17], a stage race[18], in Norway[19], founded in 2013[20] and Øyfjorden[21], in Norway[22].