A fjard is a broad, shallow inlet formed by receding glaciers. Fjard and fjord were originally the same word, generally meaning a sailable waterway; in Scandinavia fjords dominate the North Sea coast while fjards dominate the Baltic Sea coast. The Swedish word fjard is also used for lake like sections of rivers and for large open stretches of water between parts of an archipelago, or between an archipelago and the mainland.
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