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Meanings of natural harbour in English

Portuguese
abra natural

Harbor landform created by natural processes.

abra natural
Usage of natural harbour in English
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There is a railway connection with Europe and a superb natural harbour.
Full Circle
2
It's also the second largest natural harbour in the world, after Sydney.
The Irish Times
3
In this natural harbour sat the most beautiful ship he had ever seen.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
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Farewell Cove was a perfect natural harbour, deep-set amidst surrounding, lofty, forest-clad hills.
The Man in the Twilight
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Here, then, was an excellent natural harbour, closed in on all sides but one.
Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1
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He made his way to the protected natural harbour and paused to observe the dinghy.
Depths
7
Hard by, at Agay, is a perfect natural harbour.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
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But what intellectual ecstasy did he expect from this poor woman drifting towards her natural harbour-thepoor-house?
The Untilled Field
9
Twofold Bay has the third deepest natural harbour in the southern hemisphere, according to a local tourist guide.
News.com.au
10
The stream would probably scoop out another bed, and the natural harbour at its mouth would be destroyed.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
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Sheltered from the worst of the breakers to come rolling in off the ocean, it was a natural harbour.
The Naked God
12
With the islands of Gola and Inismaan it forms a perfectly natural harbour and safe anchorage for ships during storms.
True Irish Ghost Stories
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The race is part of a festival celebrating Cork's maritime history and unique harbour -the world's second largest natural harbour.
The Irish Times
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Therefore she went into that natural harbour to wait for a few days in preference to remaining in an open roadstead.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
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It's the ultimate natural harbour, a collapsed volcano which ships squeeze into through a gap in the rocks called Neptune's Bellows.
The Guardian
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The western side of the island, with its deeply indented shore, formed a grand natural harbour, capable of containing a hundred vessels.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. / The Exploration of ...
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