With a length of approximately 35 km (22 statute miles), Mariager Fjord is the longest fjord in Jutland , and the 2nd longest fjord (tied with Ise Fjord on Zealand), behind Roskilde Fjord in Denmark (excluding the self-governing territory of Greenland ). Mariager Fjord cuts into the Jutland peninsula from the Kattegat sea and ends at the town of Hobro ; other important towns along the fjord are Hadsund and Mariager from which the fjord takes its name. Mariager fjord makes up most of the southern limit of the traditional region of Himmerland .
4-477: In Danish language, any type of inlet in Denmark is called a fjord, even lagoons . Geologically , Mariager Fjord isn't a true fjord, but an inlet of the förde type. The width of Mariager Fjord varies from 4½ km to 250 metres (2,8-0,16 miles) and its area is about 47 kms (18 square miles). The depth is up to 30 metres (ca. 100 ft). As a result of the 2007 Municipal Reform , the new Mariagerfjord municipality
8-409: A shoreline , such as a small arm , cove , bay , sound , fjord , lagoon or marsh , that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake , estuary , gulf or marginal sea . In marine geography , the term "inlet" usually refers to either the actual channel between an enclosed bay and the open ocean and is often called an "entrance", or a significant recession in the shore of
12-712: A sea, lake or large river. A certain kind of inlet created by past glaciation is a fjord , typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane lakes. Multi-arm complexes of large inlets or fjords may be called sounds , e.g., Puget Sound , Howe Sound , Karmsund ( sund is Scandinavian for "sound"). Some fjord-type inlets are called canals , e.g., Portland Canal , Lynn Canal , Hood Canal , and some are channels, e.g., Dean Channel and Douglas Channel . Tidal amplitude, wave intensity, and wave direction are all factors that influence sediment flux in inlets. On low slope sandy coastlines, inlets often separate barrier islands and can form as
16-475: Was created around Mariager Fjord by fusion of four former municipalities . [REDACTED] 56°41′N 10°02′E / 56.683°N 10.033°E / 56.683; 10.033 This article about a location in the North Jutland Region ( Denmark ) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Inlet An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of
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