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Fjord

Fjord  A diesel fuel spill from a ship that sank recently spreads to the Greenland fjord. About Fjord: A fjord is a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland. Fjords are often set in a U-shaped valleywith steep walls of rock on either side. Fjords are found mainly in Norway, Chile, New Zealand, Canada, Greenland, and the U.S. state of Alaska. How are Fjords Formed? Fjords have been shaped throughout the span of several ice ages by slow-moving glaciers. As the glacier moved, it cut away at the top layers of ice and into the sediment below.…