0 a narrow strip of sea between high cliffs, especially on the coast of Norway. -- fjord
Secondary branches corresponding to fjords which would start from this forbidden zone are therefore never observed.
In order to obtain an experimental distribution, we performed measurements of the fjord lengths in a linear cell in repeated experiments.
Because of the bumps, the fjord starting point cannot be located far back on the finger side.
The finger-tips are negative curvature minima (the fluid interface is locally concave), while the fjords are positive curvature maxima (fluid interface locally convex).
However, in both cases, the fjord axis bends progressively until the perturbation is finally convected to the side of the finger, where it stops moving.
The nearer to the tip it occurs, the longer the fjord will be.
On the west side of the fjord, a further three samples were collected.
Another feature of lakes, fjords and coastal oceans is they are rarely quiescent; rather there is generally some background shear due to a large-scale flow.
