large tide

There is a large tide swing of about 9 feet.

It was almost new moon, and, with it, the largest tides of the month.

The village consisted of a large tide mill and numerous workers' cottages, housing about 100 workers.

The suddenly large tides uncover a wreck on the sea floor, which he loots for treasure.

Earth's large tides are a unique consequence of the existence of this large satellite.

Thrill-seeking kayakers go there during large tide changes to surf the standing waves and brave the class 2 and 3 rapid conditions.

He added: "Every once in a while, an election comes along and who you are and what you believe gets subsumed in a larger tide.

The state faced a humanitarian crisis stemming from conditions in many locations and the large tide of refugees, especially the city of New Orleans.

The very low slope of the bay and the very large tides formed a mascaret in those rivers that can travel upstream for many kilometers.

He took an interest in harnessing the extraordinarily large tides in the Bay of Fundy for generating electricity.

Nonetheless, this has relatively little effect on the fish yield through the Sea of Okhotsk because the large tides mean freezing does not occur so easily.

One year, on George Washington's birthday, Phil Green (remember the world's largest Tide display?)

One of North America's largest tides occurs in Turnagain Arm just south of Anchorage.

Additionally, the mountainous terrain surrounding Osorno is ideal for skiing and snowboarding, sports popularized by the large tide of German immigrants.

This species inhabits areas with poor visibility, soft bottoms, and large tides, with immature sharks ranging into fresh and brackish water.

The world's largest tides are to be found in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and therefore it is a rich feeding ground.

It inhabits large rivers, estuaries, and coastal bays, all of which are characterized by high turbidity, silty or muddy bottoms, and large tides.

Complementing the fresh water whitewater are several tidal rapids located between Vancouver Island and the mainland formed as a result of the large tides found in the area.

Professor Mast saw scores and scores of these fish leave large tide pools and travel across sand bars up to 12 feet wide and six inches tall.

(Many sources say Turnagain has the second-greatest tides in North America, but several areas in Canada have larger tides.)

The generating station harnesses the tidal difference created by the large tides in the Annapolis Basin, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy.

Large tides due to resonances are also found on the Patagonian Shelf and on the N.W. Australian continental shelf.

Weather affects the formation of cays greatly; large tides would bring much more debris onto the cay and thus make it larger, while a hurricane destroys a cay.

Haig Point and all of Daufuskie Island experiences large tides that can swallow and reveal large portions of the beach and vast tidal marsh.

Guernsey's shoreline is wonderful, perfect for Baltic cruises; soaring sea cliffs punctuated by hideaway coves mixed with wide sandy beaches swept by some of the world's largest tides.