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Distinction between 地平線【ちへいせん】 and 水平線【すいへいせん】

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This sentence comes from goo here:https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/見える/

地平線上に一隻の船が見えてきた。
A boat appeared on the horizon.

When I was attempting to assign the characters their correct readings,

ちへいせんじょうにいっせきのふねがみえてきた

I found on wwwjdic that "horizon" is two words in Japanese:

地平線【ちへいせん】 horizon (related to land)

水平線【すいへいせん】 horizon (related to sea or lakes)

My question: Is goo wrong, or can a ship appear on a (land) horizon?


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