embayment
Americannoun
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a coastal recess that forms a bay.
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Physical Geography. the process by which a bay is formed.
noun
Etymology
Origin of embayment
Example Sentences
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"It is possible that the changes we see today on Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers -- and potentially across the entire Amundsen Sea embayment -- were essentially set in motion in the 1940s."
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024
The researchers decided to use the unexpected stop to map the krill and DMS concentrations in a shallow embayment on the island's north side.
From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2023
The only thing preventing it from flowing directly into the Amundsen Sea embayment is a shelf of floating ice that sticks out from the glacier’s edge.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2021
In the East Siberian Sea, they steered the Pangaea into an embayment in the ice cap that Ousland, who closely studies satellite images of the Arctic, had observed growing for years.
From National Geographic • Dec. 24, 2020
“It’s my opinion that it was the former,” said Brace, gazing back at the little embayment they had just passed.
From Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig by Wood, Stanley L.
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