Category:Rias

English: A ria is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea. Typically, rias have a dendritic, treelike outline although they can be straight and without significant branches. This pattern is inherited from the dendritic drainage pattern of the flooded river valley. The drowning of river valleys along a stretch of coast and formation of rias results in an extremely irregular and indented coastline. Often, there are islands, which are summits of partially submerged, pre-existing hill peaks. A ria coast is a coastline having several parallel rias separated by prominent ridges, extending a distance inland.

ria

coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley

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This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.

Rias of the Adriatic Sea‎ (5 C)
Rias of Spain‎ (6 C, 1 F)

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Lighthouses by ria‎ (3 C)

A

Ria de Alvor‎ (4 C, 92 F)
Ria de Aveiro‎ (7 C, 257 F)

B

Buba River‎ (13 F)

C

Chichester Harbour‎ (12 C, 99 F)

F

Ria Formosa‎ (15 C, 1 P, 406 F)

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Hacking River‎ (10 F)
Helford River‎ (15 C, 148 F)

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Lim (Croatia)‎ (1 C, 53 F)

P

Portsmouth Harbour‎ (22 C, 364 F)

Media in category "Rias"

The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.

Asou-Bay ria coast aerial photograph.JPG 3,487 × 2,609; 3.63 MB
Avilés, ría (2).JPG 3,872 × 2,592; 4.01 MB
Avilés, ría.JPG 3,872 × 2,592; 4.8 MB
Carrick Roads Panorama.jpg 4,632 × 1,019; 2.45 MB
Dart estuary 2.jpg 5,274 × 3,648; 13.52 MB
Kitakami River (false-color) from space.jpg 4,729 × 3,011; 3.79 MB
Pennar Cants - geograph.org.uk - 210539.jpg 640 × 423; 32 KB
Rias senpai.jpg 5,120 × 3,200; 931 KB
Ría de Vigo e islas Cíes.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 685 KB
Steir of Plobannalec-Lesconil.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 709 KB
Ster Nibilic.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 567 KB
Tory Channel Marlborough Sounds.jpg 2,796 × 1,795; 4.08 MB
TruroFalmouthAerial.jpg 1,500 × 2,000; 1.6 MB
Castlehaven - geograph.org.uk - 242683.jpg 640 × 480; 96 KB
Courtmacsherry Bay - geograph.org.uk - 239486.jpg 640 × 468; 62 KB
Courtmacsherry Bay - geograph.org.uk - 239504.jpg 640 × 480; 96 KB
Hazelbeach - geograph.org.uk - 210534.jpg 640 × 480; 43 KB
Pennar Mouth - geograph.org.uk - 210537.jpg 640 × 411; 28 KB
Traffic, Milford Haven - geograph.org.uk - 211348.jpg 640 × 480; 65 KB
View down to Polwheveral Creek - geograph.org.uk - 370832.jpg 640 × 480; 68 KB
ともやま展望台.jpg 1,366 × 1,024; 361 KB

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