Inlet
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An '''inlet''' is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a [[Sound (geography)|sound]], [[bay (aquatic)|bay]], [[lagoon]] or [[marsh]]. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the [[ocean]] and is often called an "entrance." A certain kind of inlet created by glaciation is a [[fjord]], typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane lakes.
Complexes of large inlets or fjords may be called [[sound (geography)|sound]]s, e.g. [[Puget Sound]], [[Howe Sound]], [[Karmsund]] (''sund'' is [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] 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]], [[Douglas Channel]].
==See also==
* [[Fjord]]
* [[British Columbia Coast]]
* [[Alaska Panhandle]]
* [[Inside Passage]]
==External links==
*[http://cirp.wes.army.mil/cirp/cirp.html Coastal Inlets Research Program]
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