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Meanings of natural harbour in English

Portuguese
abra natural

Harbor landform created by natural processes.

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        Usage of natural harbour in English
        1
        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
        4
        Farewell Cove was a perfect natural harbour, deep-set amidst surrounding, lofty, forest-clad hills.
        The Man in the Twilight
        5
        Here, then, was an excellent natural harbour, closed in on all sides but one.
        Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1
        6
        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
        8
        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
        11
        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
        13
        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
        14
        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
        15
        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
        16
        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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