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The Atlantic Ocean tide rising and flooding into the bay every 12 hours and 25 minutes reinforces the rocking motion. It takes about 13 hours for water to rock from the mouth of the bays to the head, and then back again. The water in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay also has a natural rocking motion called a resonance (seiche). The water is forced to pile up and form a large tide. Water entering from the open ocean is funneled from the bay's wide mouth into less and less space as it moves into the head.

The Bay of Fundy (Minas Basin) and Ungava Bay (Leaf Basin) have an unusual combination of shape and resonance (seiche), which causes the large tides. The world's largest tidal ranges is 16 metres and occurs on the East Coast of Canada. World's largest tides: Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay The tide also isn't large enough to affect navigation or harbour installations. We can't easily observe the Great Lakes tide, as the water responds to barometric pressure and wind changes. However, we've recorded a very small tidal range of about 0.03 m on the Great Lakes. Most inland waters are too small and shallow to be affected by the tidal forces of the moon and sun. This Canadian Hydrographic Service expanded and refined by this task over the years while charting the navigable waters of Canada. There are also non-astronomical factors that affect tides, such as:Ĭanada began to study the tides along the eastern and western coasts in the 1800s to help ship captains and fisherman.

BAY OF FUNDY TIDE GRAPH FULL

They are largest at the new and full moons, and smallest at the quarter phases. Tidal range varies during the month according to phase of the moon. Tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon, which causes waters of the ocean to raise and lower at different parts of the earth. Tides occur in oceans, but to a much smaller extent they also occur in: Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the water along ocean coasts that follows a rhythmic daily pattern.

World's largest tides: Bay of Fundy and Ungava BayĬanada has more than 240,000 kilometres of seacoast with some of the most interesting and peculiar tides.

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Bay of fundy tide graph