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Harbor (other)
A harbor (or harbour) is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbo(u)r or The Harbo(u)r may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Harbor'' (America album), 1977 * ''Harbor'' (Marc Douglas Berardo album) or the title song, 2005 * ''Harbour'' (film), a 1996 Indian Malayalam film * ''Harbour'' (novel), a 2008 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist * ''Harbour'' (painting), an 1881 oil painting by Joaquín Sorolla Companies and organizations * Harbor Airlines, a defunct American commuter airline * Harbour Air Seaplanes, a Canadian charter airline * Harbour Group, a Washington, D.C., advocacy group * Harbour Productions Unlimited, an American television production company People * David Harbour (born 1975), American actor * William Harbour (other), several people Places and structures * Harbor, Oregon, US * Harbor Towers, two residential towers in Boston, Massachusetts, US * Harbor Transitway, a roadway in Interstate Highway 110 in Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbor
A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a man-made facility built for loading and unloading vessels and dropping off and picking up passengers. Ports usually include one or more harbors. Alexandria Port in Egypt is an example of a port with two harbors. Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or jettys or they can be constructed by dredging, which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor is Long Beach Harbor, California, United States, which was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century. In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides of land. Examples o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
