Even the north-western continent was scooped into great inland seas or lagoons, which stretched from Ireland to Scandinavia, and, as we saw, fostered the development of the fishes.
The chalk ocean of Europe is gradually reduced to a series of inland seas, separated by masses and ridges of land, and finally to a series of lakes of brackish water.
Of the fishes the Arthrodirans dominated the inland seas (apparently), while the sharks commanded the ocean.
Having thus briefly considered some of the lacustrine deltas now in progress, we may next turn our attention to those of inland seas.
In the last chapter several examples were given of the deltas of inland seas, where the influence of the tides is almost imperceptible.
The Permian and Triassic deposits of England and Germany were laid down in inland seasor upon the surface of the land itself.
Upon it the Old Red Sandstone was laid down in inland seas or lakes, while farther south contemporaneous deposits were formed in the open sea.
There are many lakes and small inland seas in Asia, memorable as having been the scene of our Blessed Saviour's labors, trials, and triumphs.
The Red Sea, or Arabian Gulf of antiquity, constitutes the grand natural division between Asia and Africa; but its advantages have been chiefly felt by the latter, which is entirely destitute of inland seas.
These characters bear out the supposition that the aqueous deposits were laid down in inland seas of Caspian character and not in the open ocean.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inland seas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
