Definition of "embayments" [embayments]

• Plural form of embayment. (noun)

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• "The pacific coast of Costa Rica has a large number of embayments that provide shelter from wind and waves, which favor mangrove development."
• "The highest deposition occurs in coral reef habitats (9 Tmol yr-1), followed by banks and embayments (4 Tmol yr-1), carbonate shelves (6 Tmol yr-1) and non-carbonate shelves (4 Tmol year-1)."
• "It includes the great polar embayments of the Weddell Sea and Ross Sea, and the deep circumpolar belt of ocean between 50 and 60°S and the southern fringes of the warmer oceans to the north."