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The largest tidal ranges in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy (more exactly Minas Basin) and in Ungava Bay (more exactly Leaf Basin) on the East Coast of Canada, where you can observe a 16 metre (53 foot) tide range. Tidal range varies during the month according to phase of the moon. They are largest at the new and full moons, and smallest at the quarter phases. Tidal ranges in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay are the highest in the world because of an unusual combination of resonance (or seiche) and the shape of the bay. The Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay are "V" shaped, so that water entering at their wide mouth at the open ocean end is funneled into less and less space as it moves into the head of the bays and the water can only pile up and form a large tide. The water in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay also has a natural rocking motion called a seiche. You could compare this to the movement of water in a bathtub. Although the water in a bathtub sloshes from one end to the other and back again in a few seconds, it takes about 13 hours for the water in the bays to rock from the mouth of the bays to the head of the bays and back again. The Atlantic ocean tide rising and flooding into the bay every 12 hours and 25 minutes reinforces the rocking motion. The seiche in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay are therefore sustained by a pulse from the ocean tides.

Other Large Tides

Other places in the world have large tides: the Port of Bristol in England (10 m); the Sea of Okhotsk northeast of Japan (10 m); Turnagain Arm in Alaska (12 m); the Gulf of St. Malo in France (14 m). However, tidal ranges at these locations do not reach the extremes that are reached in the Bay of Fundy and in the Ungava Bay (up to 17 m).

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Jos tarkoituksena on vain vuoroveden näkeminen ja kokeminen, niin miksi mennä merta edemmäs kalaan? ...Tai tuo sanonta ei nyt ihan sopinutkaan tähän ajatukseen, mutta lähes: mene etelä-ruotsiin, Juutinraumalle. Sielläkin näkee vuorovesi-ilmiön todella hyvin. Ei tarvitse matkustaa maailman ääriin. Myös Norja on oiva paikka ko. ilmiön toteamiseen.