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How to pronounce embayment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bay
Type of body of water, water
Has types guantanamo bay, bight

Examples of embayment

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Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canaested in the embayment itself.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Numerical modeling of aquaculture dissolved waste transport in a coastal embayment.
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Nickel sulphide has been confirmed in outcrop samples from the eastern embayment area at Mbinga.
From the hemscott.com
The north-facing view was a postcard embayment but the original house failed to take much account of it.
From the smh.com.au
I support the community, which does not want the road closed nor the dredging dumping in the embayment.
From the times.co.nz
He started our drifts just below the landing along the cliffs that eventually settle into the embayment at Stella Niagara.
From the buffalonews.com
This embayment, called the Amargosa aulacogen, had highlands north and south of it and was the result of a failed rift.
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After 3.5 ka, however, the delta had built out beyond the embayment and became subject to wave action and marine currents.
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Darker orange area is covered by think sediments called the Mississippi embayment, that affect how the ground shakes during earthquakes.
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More examples
  • Bay: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
  • Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.
  • A bay; the process by which a bay is formed
  • (Embayments) A small bay or any small semi-enclosed coastal water body whose opening to a larger body of water is restricted.
  • An indentation in a shoreline forming an open bay.
  • A low area of coastal land.