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a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures:
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 9y agoYes, though most harbours are too small to take large ships, and may dry out when the tide goes out.
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∙ 9y agoA harbour is a shelter or refuge, especially for ships - a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.
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∙ 9y agoYes, a harbour is where a ship can dock.
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How do you use the word harbor in a sentence as a noun?
The ship arrived in the harbour after a month tour in the sea.
Place where ships stay before going out to sea?
A port, a harbour, a dock, a pier and in the case of smaller boats you could add a marina.
What are the sea ports in England?
England has many different sea ports. Some of the sea ports in England are Alexandra Dock, Brocklebank Dock, and Herculaneum Dock.
How is a coast different from a port?
A coastline or seashore is where the land meets the sea or ocean. A port is a place on the coast that contains a harbour where ships, boats etc can dock and unload their cargo or transfer people to or from the land.
What if the ship don't have a anchor?
when you dock a ship you use a rope to tie the ship so it stays put, but out at sea you cant tie anywhere so that's why the ancor was invented, amagine waking up at gilligans island Many large ships use swivel-direction propellers to remain in one place. A ship can also be moored to a dock which requires no anchor. An anchor is used if there is no dock, the water is shallow enough for the anchor's chain to touch bottom, and there is something for the anchor to grab on the bottom.
Where do ships dockl?
There are sea ports all over the world that have docks (a wooden platform build along a sea wall) where ship can pull along side and tie themselves to the dock to keep from floating away. Sometimes ship will just anchor in the bay and use small boats to travel from the ship to the shore.
What is below the sydney harbour bridge?
It's the sydney harbour (the sea) which runs from the ocean to theactual harbour with the opera ouse and Luna park and stuff=)
What is the difference between a gulf and a harbor?
The question actually is what is the difference between a gulf and a bay because a harbour is attached to the land where boats dock. The best definition of difference between the two is, a gulf is, a large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait. While a bay is, a body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea: so it looks like a gulf is larger than a bay
When a load of 1x10 to the sixth Newtons is placed on a battleship the ship sinks only 0.025m in the water what is the cross-sectional area of the ship at water level density of sea water is 1.025x103?
If the ship only sinks 2.5 centimeters, then the heigth of the portion underwater would increase by only 2.5 cm, or the portion above would decrease by that ammount.
Why are sea along eastern coast is unsitable for harbour?
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When was North harbor Sea Eagles created?
North Harbour Sea Eagles was created in 1994.
Does a ship get made in the sea or outside the sea?
Ships are built in ship yards, on the land.
