- Summaries of both rias and fjords as required in the a-level aqa geography specification
- Ria Example - Salcombe Kingsbridge Estuary, Devon
- Fjord Example - Sognefjord, Norway
- A* grade
- Detailed examples with diagrams and statistics
During the Quaternary period, there have
been several glacial and interglacial periods.
One of which that affected Sognefjord was
the expansion of the Scandinavian ice
sheet (glaciation)
Fjords are drowned glacial U-shaped From the fjord region of Western Norway alone,
valleys formed by glacial retreat. including Sognefjord, a total of 35 000 km³ of The fjords of Western
solid rock was removed and dumped on the Norway were formed in
continental shelf due to glacial erosion relation to the tilting of
Steep valley sides much of Norway during
the Cenozoic uplift of
Fjords usually have a shallow the Scandinavian
entrance (called a threshold) mountains.
due to reduced glacial
erosion as the ice is thinner Structural weaknesses in
the rock due to tectonic
activity and glaciation has
They are generally straight influenced fluvial and
(not as branched as rias), glacial erosion.
narrow, very deep and have
flat bottoms.
The greatest depths are
in the central part of the
Norway’s fjords were listed as fjord and gets shallower
a UNESCO Heritage Site in towards the mouth
2005, and it is a popular
tourist destination.
It is the largest and
deepest fjord in
There are several tributary Norway and stretches
fjords that hang above the FJORD EXAMPLE: Sognefjord, Norway 205 km inland from the
bottom of the main fjord ocean.
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