GEOGRAPHICAL WATERFORM: FJORDS

Presented By: Erien Ailiana C. Teodosio

What is a Fjord?
 Which one is a Fjord?

A B
FJORD
o A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or
steep slopes (Merriam-Webster, 2019)
o A deep, narrow and elongated ocean inlet,
cut into the landscape, with steep
mountains on three sides.
(Hurtigruten.com, 2019)
o A type of estuary (Lawson, 2016)
How are Fjords Formed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loI584OFVpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHCXItD5qLc
How are Fjords Formed?
o A fjord is formed when a glacier retreats, after
carving its typical U-shaped valley, and the sea fills
the resulting valley floor.
o This forms a narrow, steep sided inlet (sometimes
deeper than 1300 meters) connected to the sea.
o The terminal moraine pushed down the valley by
the glacier is left underwater at the fjord’s
entrance, causing the water at the neck of the
fjord to be shallower than the main body of the
fjord behind it.
Fjord
The Circulation in a Fjord
 Which one is a Fjord?

A B
The Most Prominent
Fjords in the World
Norway
UNESCO
Not the “King World Heritage Site
of Fjords”

Geirangerfjord
Greenland
350 km in length
=
217 miles

Scoresby Sund
Antarctica

1,933 meters
=
6,342 feet

Skelton Inlet
“Why Norway?”
 The ice sheets from
the last Ice Age
n d s c ape
d th e la v ia
Sha p e d in a
t he Scan
of
Did not take pla
ce in the
rest of Northe
rn Europe
The ice retreats and
reveals large sea-arms

Europe during the last glaciation, approximately 20,000 to 70,000 years before present.
The Significance of
Fjords
Why Fjords are Important
o Regulates Earth’s Climate
o Provides Opportunities
o Agriculture
o Tourism
o Keeps Marine Life Abundant
“where
“der man
you ferder
travel across”
over”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJrVP43MZYI
References:
o http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/climatology/science-fjords-role-earths-
climate-02766.html
o https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-particular-reason-Norway-has-so-many-
fjords-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-world
o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord#Features_and_variations
o https://global.huten.com/destinations/norway/inspiration/norwegian-fjords/
o https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fjord/
o https://www.fjords.com/what-is-a-fjord/
o https://www.fjordnorway.com/things-to-do/natural-attractions/what-is-a-fjord
o https://norwaytoday.info/travel/what-is-a-fjord-and-how-is-it-formed/
o https://guidetoiceland.is/book-holiday-trips/splendid-combinatinon-dynjandi-
waterfall-villages
o https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-deepest-fjords-in-the-
world.html
o https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/tag/fennoscandian-ice-sheet/