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- noun Plural form of
ria .
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Examples
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They journey to deeper water within long narrow lakes called rias, which are submerged river valleys.
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They journey to deeper water within long narrow lakes called rias, which are submerged river valleys.
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With the greatest tidal range of any estuary in Europe, the deep muddy scour of the Bristol Channel is utterly unlike the tranquil "rias" of south Devon and Cornwall, where river valleys flooded by rising sea-levels have created bosky havens for oaks and egrets.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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With the greatest tidal range of any estuary in Europe, the deep muddy scour of the Bristol Channel is utterly unlike the tranquil "rias" of south Devon and Cornwall, where river valleys flooded by rising sea-levels have created bosky havens for oaks and egrets.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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As a result, we've witnessed the exponential growth of what we call Better Alternative to Home (BATH) restaurants -- casual, modestly priced eateries (pasta-rias, burger joints, BBQs, upscale diners, noodle shops and myriad ethnic places) as well as family dining chains.
People Still Have to Eat Nina Zagat 2008
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There were changes in the phytoplankton composition and in the patterns of water exchange between the rias and the open sea.
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It is a fractal area, with a coastline is indented with rias, or drowned river valleys.
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As melhores seqüências de histórias by O lôco, meu!
Top 158 Comic Book Runs #153-149 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Left, inscription with, from the second line onward, the text [drachma] s argu -/[rias/...] cheilia (= thousand)/[a] galma, a statue of a thousand silver drachmes.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 3 2003
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He belonged to an aristocratic family who owned a number of shipyards on the Galician rias and spent half his time on leave thanks to an uncle in the Military Government.
The Shadow of the Wind Zafon, Carlos Ruiz 2001
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