Bay of Fundy
Also known as Fundy Bay, Baie de Fundy
bay on the Atlantic coast of Canada noted for high tides
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The Bay of Fundy is a large body of water on Canada's Atlantic coast that is famous for having some of the highest tides in the world. These extreme tides make it a notable natural phenomenon and an important geographical feature of the region.
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- Official website
- bayoffundytourism.com
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- Overlooking the Bay of Fundy.JPG
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- Bay of Fundy
- vertical depth
- 150
- native label
- Bay of Fundy
- described at URL
- francesbula.com/blog/gulf-of-fundy
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The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine and part of the Atlantic Ocean. It has the highest tidal range in the world, averaging about 16 metres (52 ft) due to tidal resonance in its funnel-shaped basin. In one half-day tidal cycle, around 100 billion tonnes (110 billion short tons) of water flows in and out, twice the combined flow of all the world's rivers.
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