Sound (geography)

This article is about the general geographic term. For "the Sound" between Denmark and Sweden, see Øresund.
For other uses, see sound (disambiguation).

The Aldersund in Helgeland, Norway, separates the island of Aldra (left side) from the continent.

In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. A sound may be an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land masses, such as a strait; or also a lagoon between a barrier island and the mainland.[1][2]

  1. ^ "sound-3". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. ^ "sound-4". Oxford English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.