inland sea

collocation in English

meaningsofinlandandsea

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inland
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪn.lənd/us
/ˈɪn.lənd/
in the middle of a country, away from ...
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sea
noun
uk
/siː/us
/siː/
the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofinlandandseafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The consequences of climatic fluctuations that are included in the discussion are sea-level changes, erosion, mass movements,inlandseaevolution, floods, and the impacts on the biological and human records.
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I do not know whether any of you have seen the algal bloom in this large, previously healthy,inlandsea.
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The theory of theinlandseahad many adherents.
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It has been compared to aninlandsea.
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There are heavy sandbanks, and theinlandsea, which looks so impressive on the map, is nothing but a shallow pond.
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But that in no way affects the general argument for immediate decisive operations to obtain full and unquestioned command of theinlandsea.
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The chalk was deposited in the area by an ancientinlandsea.
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The wild and rapid rivers of the mountains slowly made thatinlandseadisappear.
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Fossils are found of sea creatures from the recession and adjacentinlandseaat that time.
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A large shallow depression to the west formed aninlandsea.
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Both formations are the result of the ancientinlandseathat covered the area.
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Approximately 250 million years ago, the region was located near the edge of aninlandsea.
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We are coming from the mountains, from the plains andinlandsea!
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A theory was developed of a vastinlandseainto which these rivers flowed.
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At the same time, aninlandseabegan to encroach on the continent from the north.
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One possibility is that the deposits were formed when a prehistoricinlandseaevaporated.
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The northwestern part of the island includes aninlandseaas well as a small island within it.
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The area preserved in this formation was a large floodplain that drained into a shallowinlandsea.
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Near the coast, the combined effects of strong, onshore winds and little rain led to significantinlandseaspray.
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The bay is surrounded by land in all directions, thus it appears as aninlandseaon maps.
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Sediment left by an ancientinlandsea500-200 million years ago had since become pressed into layers of rock.
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This area features rocks such as limestone which were deposited here when the area formed the shoreline of an ancientinlandsea.
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Erhardt was struck by the fact that travelers who had gone inland from different points on the coast had all come to aninlandsea.
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The sandstone rock once formed the bottom of a shallowinlandseawhere the remains of aquatic plants and animals were preserved.
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The land periodically uplifted and subsided over millions of years giving rise to some small mountains and, eventually, aninlandsea.
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