The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Inlet (disambiguation) .
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There are no German-language sources as evidence that the word is also used in German as a geographical term (and not just as a hydronym ). - Olaf Studt ( discussion ) 23:04, Aug. 7, 2018 (CEST)
Inlet is usually used to designate narrow and elongated bays that are more open than a fjord . They can end in an estuary , so they are an estuary and can merge into the shape of the ria or end in dry valleys . Inlets can also lead into further closed backwaters such as more open bays, lagoons or marshland , so they represent a strait in the sense of a waterway . Larger or more complex inlets are often referred to as sound (sund) .
In English, Inlet also a general term for all narrower entrances into tributaries, which corresponds, for example Dutch Inham , Italian insenatura or Spanish-Catalan Grao / Gray .
Individual evidence
↑ inlet . In: Online Etymology Dictionary , Douglas Harper, 2010 ff (accessed February 7, 2017).
↑ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged. Digital Edition, 2012; quoted from inlet. In: Dictionary.com. Ask.com (accessed February 7, 2017).
