glacial fjord system

C10936
concept

A glacial fjord system is a coastal landscape formed where glaciers carve deep, steep-sided valleys that are later flooded by the sea, creating interconnected basins, sills, and channels with distinct physical, chemical, and ecological characteristics.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
fjord-like inlet 42
coastal fjord 7
fjord system 7

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: glacial fjord system
Generated description
A glacial fjord system is a coastal landscape formed where glaciers carve deep, steep-sided valleys that are later flooded by the sea, creating interconnected basins, sills, and channels with distinct physical, chemical, and ecological characteristics.

Instances (80)

Instance Via concept surface
Loch Duich fjord-like loch
Byfjorden coastal fjord
Taiya Inlet fjord-like inlet
Hood Canal fjord-like inlet
Howe Sound fjord system
Loch Seaforth fjord-like inlet
Admiralty Bay fjord-like inlet
Loch Linnhe fjord-like inlet
Lake Melville estuarine system fjord-like estuary
Última Esperanza Sound fjord-like inlet
Northwestern Fjord glacial fjord
Burrard Inlet (northern boundary)
surface form: Burrard Inlet
coastal fjord
Burrard Inlet coastal fjord
Aialik Bay glacial fjord
Nachvak Fjord glacial fjord
Douglas Channel system fjord system
Muir Inlet glacial inlet
Schlei fjord-like inlet
South Fiord glacial arm
Loch Long fjord-like inlet
Moraleda Channel via Témpanos River fjord-like channel
Patagonian fjords and channels hydrological system fjord system
Kola Bay fjord-like inlet
Chilean fjords and channels system fjord system
Lake Melville fjord-like basin
Scoresby Sund region (partly)
surface form: Scoresby Sund region
fjord system
Tracy Arm glacial fjord
Carlingford Lough fjord-like inlet
Loch Fyne fjord-like sea inlet
Loch Etive fjord-like loch
Hjeltefjorden coastal fjord
Indian Arm glacial fjord
Loch Goil fjord-like inlet
Tønsbergfjorden coastal fjord
Portland Inlet fjord-like inlet
Topdalsfjorden coastal fjord
Lough Swilly fjord-like inlet
Loch Aline fjord-like inlet
Norwegian fjords fjord system
Bute Inlet fjord system fjord system
Gareloch fjord-like inlet
Isfjorden Arctic fjord
Seno Última Esperanza fjord-like inlet
Valdez Arm fjord-like inlet
Port Valdez fjord-like inlet
Baker Channel fjord-like channel
Messier Channel fjord-like channel
Eyre Fjord glacial fjord
Loch Lomond and Loch Long
surface form: Loch Long
fjord-like inlet
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (East Greenland) glacial fjord