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260: 31: 169:: "a narrow part or passage; specifically a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction". 301: 325: 57:(used interchangeably but usually in the plural form), is a restricted land or water passage. Most commonly a narrows is a 80:, this "raises the water level for a short distance upriver". A narrows is also typically a good location for trapping 125: 294: 24: 219:
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lying between two softer beds: "f the hard beds are vertical, so that their
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may form ice while the surrounding temperature remains above freezing.
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does not shift as erosion proceeds, a narrows is developed". Like a
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A narrows may form where a stream passes through a tilted bed of
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This article is about the landform. For other uses, see
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Narrows (disambiguation)
The Narrows (disambiguation)

Kent Narrows
Kent Island
Eastern Shore of Maryland
strait
water gap
hard rock
outcrop
dam
migrating fish
wind chill
Water gap
Buffalo Narrows
The Narrows
Staten Island
Brooklyn
New York Bay
The Narrows
Zion Canyon
Zion National Park
Utah
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