Sound (geography)

In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. A sound may be an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land masses, such as a strait; or also a lagoon between a barrier island and the mainland.

This article is about the general geographic term. For "the Sound" between Denmark and Sweden, see Øresund.
For other uses, see sound (disambiguation).

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