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View of the Helgeland strandflat

Etymology

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From Norwegian strandflate, a compound of strand (beach) and flate (surface; plain; level area). The E is not present because of comparison to flat (relatively level surface of land).

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Noun

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strandflat (plural strandflats)

  1. A coastal landform consisting of a near-flat erosion surface typical of the Norwegian coast.
    • 1995, Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries, page 29:
      However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards have developed in the low-relief rocky coast of northern Sweden, having cross-sections with less steep walls and presenting some lateral terraces which may be confused with strandflats.

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