A fjard, also spelled as “fiard,” is an inlet formed by the marine submergence of formerly glaciated valleys and depressions within a rocky glaciated terrain of low relief. Fjards are characterized by a profile that is shorter, shallower, and broader than the profile of a fjord. A fjard lacks the steep walls that characterize a glacial trough that has been partially submerged to form a fjord. Examples of fjards are Bråviken

Bråviken

Bråviken is a bay of the Baltic sea that is located near Norrköping in Östergötland, Sweden....

 on the coast of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Hjortsholm on the coast of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, and Somes Sound

Somes Sound

Somes Sound is a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, the main site of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. Its deepest point is approximately , and it is over deep in several places. The sound almost splits the island in two...

 in Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park is a National Park located in the U.S. state of Maine. It reserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast...

, Maine

Maine

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. Along the German Baltic coast, they are called “förden.”

Förden and East Jutland Fjorde

On the eastern coast of the Jutland Peninsula, consisting of Danish Jutland and German Schleswig-Holstein, there is a special type of narrow bay called Förde in German and fjord in Danish...

See also

• Fjord
  Fjord
  Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
  
  
• Rias
  RIAS
  RIAS can stand for one of the following:*Rias, the plural of Ria, a lower river valley submerged by the sea*"Research Institute for Advanced Study", the former research facility created by the Glenn L...
  
  
• Estuary
  Estuary
  An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
  
  
• Förden and East Jutland Fjorde
  Förden and East Jutland Fjorde
  On the eastern coast of the Jutland Peninsula, consisting of Danish Jutland and German Schleswig-Holstein, there is a special type of narrow bay called Förde in German and fjord in Danish...