landlocked
ਘਿਰੀ
definition
adjective
a midget state landlocked in the mountains
(especially of a country) almost or entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport.
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As a 'landlocked' country with primarily a desert terrain, it has until recently depended on rain as its main water source.
That famous 'landlocked' harbour is surrounded by rock so soft that streams don't cut V-shaped grooves but Y-shaped chasms that suck in unwary ramblers and climbers, this not two hours from the city.
The problem, put simply, is geography: the 'landlocked' country is dominated by the rugged Hindu Kush mountains that sweep from the west to the east.
There are sixty-one natural harbours, several 'landlocked' straits, and hundreds of rivers, bays, and lakes.
Bolivia, the only 'landlocked' country in the Western Hemisphere, is home to almost eight million people.
We got a glimpse of another lake on the right, Lake Gertrude, which unlike Lake Dora, is 'landlocked' .
The maximum size of the 'landlocked' variety appears to be about 762 mm although most individuals are somewhat smaller.
There indeed was an endangered salmon in Taiwan - Oncorhynchus masou formosanus - the Taiwanese 'landlocked' masu salmon.
Zambia is a 'landlocked' country with a total of 752,614 square kilometres surrounded by eight different neighbouring states.
Our politicians should be thankful that Australia is not a 'landlocked' country, where neighbouring conflict would have the potential to drive hundreds of thousands of refugees across borders.
Another 'landlocked' salmon is the E. American sebago salmon, found in Sebago and other lakes and their associated rivers.
Because Afghanistan is a 'landlocked' nation with mountainous terrain and a deteriorated road network, it was apparent that time-sensitive support bad to be transported by air.
The 'landlocked' lagoon at the foot of the dunes at Sandwich Harbour was once the only reliable source of fresh water on the coast between Angola to the north and the Orange River in the south.
Certainly in the case of Zambia, a 'landlocked' country with poor transportation and low agricultural productivity, the prospects for exporting corn to Europe in the foreseeable future are almost zero.
This is a 'landlocked' salt-water lake that was cut off when the surrounding reef rose up in prehistoric times.
The Republic of Burundi is a 'landlocked' country located in the Great Lakes region in Africa.
This shift in diet for larger perch was also observed in 'landlocked' populations.
Legend tells of a beautiful girl who lived in a village on the Wild Coast near a great 'landlocked' lagoon.
Twenty of these lakes contained rainbow smelt, while 10 lakes had both 'landlocked' salmon and rainbow smelt.
Thus, consistently more alleles were found within the anadromous than within the 'landlocked' populations from Maine.
Zambia's economic survival as a 'landlocked' country depends on the transport system for the movement of its exports and imports.
An estimated 100,000 militiamen are operating around the 'landlocked' country under the command of regional warlords.
Uzbekistan is, apart from Liechtenstein, the only double landlocked country in the world (i.e. a country surrounded by 'landlocked' countries).
It has been introduced into upland areas (including the upper Great Lakes) where some populations are 'landlocked' .
We say that landlocked lakes, for example, completely 'landlocked' lakes, would not qualify.
Portuguese navigators were about to shatter Ptolemy's world picture, with its portrayal of a 'landlocked' Indian Ocean, and their king wanted the world to know.
The Corridor is a Southern African Development Community initiative that aims at linking the 'landlocked' countries in the region to the main Namibian sea port of Walvisbay.
Scientists are providing coral pieces containing starter plants to farmers on Molokai, who hope to grow it in 'landlocked' ponds.
The sophisticated capital, Argostoli, set on a deep 'landlocked' inlet, is a busy place where Andrew and Julia can do some shopping and choose from a variety of restaurants.
Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi) are a 'landlocked' subspecies of sockeye salmon (O. nerka nerka).
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