landfall

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English - Turkish
karanın görünmesi
(isim) karanın görünmesi
sahile yaklaşan gemicilerin karayı ilk görüşleri
karanın görünüş

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make landfall
(fırtına) yere inmek
English - English
Arrival at the shore by ship

We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!.

{n} land first seen as vessels approach
(Meteoroloji) The time at which a storm passes over shore
A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
point at which a tropical cyclone's eye first crosses a land mass
Landfall is the act of arriving somewhere after a journey at sea, or the land that you arrive at. By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older!
The coastline location where a tropical storm or hurricane moves from ocean onto land
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
The first sight of land, as on a cruise
The point at which a tropical cyclone's eye first crosses a land mass
The intersection of the surface center of a tropical cyclone with a coastline Because the strongest winds in a tropical cyclone are not located precisely at the center, it is possible for a cyclone's strongest winds to be experienced over land even if landfall does not occur Similarly, it is possible for a tropical cyclone to make landfall and have its strongest winds remain over the water Compare direct hit, indirect hit, and strike
Sighting or making land when at sea
A sighting of or coming to land
the discovery of the land
{i} first view or sight of land from ship; land sighted from a ship

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landfalls
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