The Collaborative International Dictionary
Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg['a]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + ['a]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the genus Mergus ( Merganser), and allied genera of the subfamily Merginae. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill, eat fish, and dive for food. Also called fish duck.
Note: The red-breasted merganser ( Merganser serrator) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also sawbill, harle, and sheldrake. The American merganser ( Merganser Americanus.) and the hooded merganser ( Lophodytes cucullatus) are well-known species.
White merganser, the smew or white nun.
Wiktionary
n. A bird, the red-breasted merganser.
Wikipedia
Harle may refer to:
- Harle, Germany
- Harle (gat), a gat between the East Frisian Islands of Spiekeroog and Wangeroog
- Harle, Northumberland, England
- Harle (Chrono Cross), a video game character
The Harle is a small river in the district of Wittmund in East Frisia, a historic region in North Germany. Its entire course is within the borough of Wittmund and it discharges near Harlesiel through a Siel, a sluice in the dyke, into the North Sea. Near the village of Willen two headstreams Nordertief and Südertief join to form the Harle. Both tributaries are streams that originate in moor depressions in the neighbouring borough of Aurich.
The Harle runs eastwards past the town of Wittmund and then flows in meanders in a northerly direction. It passes Carolinensiel and discharges through a lock and a scoop wheel into Harlesiel Harbour and from there into the North Sea.
The Harle is popular with tourists for rowing and, in the harbours of Carolinensiel and Harlesiel, for boats and ferries. Harlesiel is a ferry port for trips to the island of Wangerooge.
Category:Rivers of Lower Saxony Category:Wittmund (district) Category:Geography of East Frisia
The Harle or the Harle Seegatt is a gat in the North Sea.
The Harle runs in a north-south direction between the East Frisian Islands of Spiekeroog and Wangerooge. The main channel subsequently divides into the Alte Harle (Muschelbalje) and the approach to the port of Wangerooge, the Dove Harle auf. The location and depth of the Harle navigation channel undergoes major changes. Its depth is published monthly in the notice to mariners.
For a long time Wangerooge was the island with the greatest movement from west to east. The reason was the Harle Seegatt, which continuously eroded the western tip of the island. The western tip of the island was not protected from erosion until the 1960s, when groynes and a concrete barrier were built. The longest groyne runs from the western end of Wangerooge to just in front of the eastern tip of Spiekeroog and poses a not insignificant hazard for shipping because it cannot be crossed at high tide.
As a result of the expansion of the Wangeroog harbour area, Niedersachsen Ports has become responsible for the transition zone between port and gat. The new channel is known as the Wangeroog Navigation (Wangerooge Ansteuerung). <!--
Usage examples of "harle".
He knew Ron was out to get him and, in his psychotic frame of mind, Harle wanted to retaliate, get back at the Ashberry family.
Harle speaks of a child, the youngest of three girls, who had a bloody discharge at the age of five months which lasted three days and recurred every month until the child was weaned at the tenth month.
She had tied a green head-scarf over her chestnut hair, and she wore a black and white harle quined skiing jacket to keep out the cold.