Hydrological Terminology

noun a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river

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• The inlet provides a safe harbor for boats during storms.
• Let's go fishing at the inlet this weekend.
• The party at the inlet was lit last night.
• His mind was like an inlet, constantly taking in new ideas and information.

noun the portions of the Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground

• The cryosphere is the frozen water part of the Earth's system, including snow, ice caps, glaciers, and permafrost.
• The cryosphere refers to all the frozen stuff on Earth, like ice and snow.
• When the cryosphere starts melting, that's when things get real messy.
• Her heart was as cold and frozen as the cryosphere, unwilling to thaw for anyone.