Ria is a long narrow inlet.
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A cove, inlet, or bay.
Ria
Some places call them a 'Cut'. The inlet to Miami, FL is called, Government Cut.A Ria is a narrow coastal inlet
bay,cay, ria, voe,
Fjord, also spelled fiord, is a narrow inlet along a coastline. Fjords are created by glacial erosion. There are many fiords in Europe.
A coastal inlet or bay where fresh water mixes with salt water is called an estuary. Estuaries are important ecosystems that support a diverse array of plant and animal species due to the mix of freshwater and saltwater conditions.
His favorite place was Bath,NC and he also was at the Ocracoke Inlet-(Coastal Plain Region North Carolina) (Today I learned this in social studies)
Estuary is a coastal inlet or bay where the tide meets a river current, resulting in brackish water mixing salt water and fresh water. This unique ecosystem supports diverse marine and plant life due to the varying salinity levels.
You may be thinking of a fjord (or fiord), a narrow, deep inlet (generally in a coastal landscape) formed by glacial activity.
estuaryAn 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