I can't spend my days worrying about tidal waves and earthquakes and crazed dictators. |
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When the biplane was pushed out of the hangar, the incoming tide covered the tidal flat making it necessary to cancel the flight. |
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With the job market slowly recovering, brace yourself for a tidal wave of employee turnover. |
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However, the tidal streams that meandered through the marsh perfectly suited tanners, who needed lots of water and space for large tanning pits. |
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Indeed, the network's commissioning editors appear to have been swept up by a tidal wave of baby-boom nostalgia. |
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He felt a tidal wave of truth crushing him below its cruel weight, as the graveness of what he had done hit him. |
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By targeting media outlets they have turned a drop of poison into a tidal wave of terror. |
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The project, for six former prisoners, has triggered a tidal wave of protest. |
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The response was a tidal wave of indignation from MPs, the vast majority of whom boycotted the questionnaire. |
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Mafia is the largest island in this archipelago, which is made up of many smaller islands atolls and tidal sandbars. |
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I sat up as my giggles died down, and watched as a tidal wave of relief fell over Scarlett and Reeve's features. |
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There is a tidal wave of disillusion in Scotland at the succession of disasters that have marred devolution's infancy. |
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I assumed the squealing tires belonged to him and I was hit with a tidal wave of super emotions. |
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A tidal river, its current is swollen both from the teeming heavens and from the surging ocean. |
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The mangrove swamps, tidal flats and sandy isles around the lake become their home for two full months. |
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The Daly is a large tidal river that drains a vast area of the Northern Territory westward into Anson Bay and the Timor Sea beyond. |
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At the tidal swamps, the shore is a low, narrow levee separating the waters of the creeks from the backwaters of the swamps. |
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In the 16th century, Acts of Parliament regulated the watermen and wherrymen working on the tidal Thames between Gravesend and Windsor. |
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Strong tidal currents in the channel, however, limit deposition to the Celtic Sea. |
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This weekend's spring tides might help scour out the bank of sand and restore a semblance of tidal passage. |
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Within the structure is a current meter, which via a radio link will broadcast realtime current and tidal stream information to passing mariners. |
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However, when the tide slows and changes direction, the tidal currents again enter the bay and push the eddy out to sea. |
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Sometimes on an exceptionally high tide the water flows over the weir causing a tidal effect as far up as Kingston. |
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Current meter measurements suggested that tidal currents were strong enough to cause bedload transport of sediment and Mya. |
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The current will pick up and carry you out and round the point, through the area of the tidal race. |
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The dhow exits the lagoon just after low tide, going against the now-incoming current but avoiding the tidal race that forms on an outgoing tide. |
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The hyperinflation may be explained completely by the time constant of the respiratory system exceeding the time available for tidal exhalation. |
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The flounder is common in estuaries and the tidal waters of rivers, and especially abundant in the Baltic Sea. |
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Hudson River tributaries are tidal up to the first natural barrier or dam and these tidal tributary mouths have high biological diversity. |
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Widely separated binaries, such as visual binary stars, may have formed by tidal capture. |
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Because of its location east of the Isle of Wight, tidal currents make diving tricky. |
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Found all over the country, the night herons can be sighted normally near jheels, inland waters, tidal creeks and mangrove swamps. |
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Following the summer launch, a tidal wave of merchandise is set to follow, including trading cards and children's books. |
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Diving here is not that difficult, as there is almost no tidal water and the currents are mostly weak. |
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Our boat noses into the tidal marsh, and we spot nesting egrets and barking sea lions. |
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The archipelago has a fourteen-foot tidal difference during spring and neap so the surroundings are ever changing, revealing its secrets. |
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Fish were recorded thrown ashore in all tidal phases and there was little evidence rough seas were responsible. |
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There are already rumours of anglers catching barbel and carp well downstream of the tidal limits of the Ouse and Wharfe. |
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These locations are designated by their distance in kilometers seaward of the dam that marks the upper boundary of tidal influence. |
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This San Francisco quartet has been making tidal waves in the West Coast acid jazz scene for years. |
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My team of four set off to Plum Island, a freshwater tidal wetland on the bay side. |
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Scotland is surrounded by the North Sea, offering fish, oil and natural gas, and potentially tidal and wave power. |
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Rice plantations were carefully managed waterscapes that had once been tidal swamps and basins. |
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The pain from his wounds suddenly washed over him like a tidal wave, ten times worse than before. |
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The combined effect of the lunar and solar tidal torques is to increase the length of the day by 24 microseconds each year. |
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This habitat is dominated by fine sedimentary material, brought into the estuary by the tidal flow, which forms the mud flats. |
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At the extreme tidal limits in wet areas, organic production may exceed sediment supply and peaty organic sediments may then accumulate. |
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A tidal entrance to the harbour at Hayle restricts departure and return times. |
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In this tidal wave of deregulatory measures, the anti-discrimination legislation escaped almost unscathed. |
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He knew the smacks, bawleys and barges, and had sailed aboard most boats suited to the tidal waters. |
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From a distance, his digging areas look like plowed fields, bordered by a gleaming expanse of tidal flats. |
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This project includes the provision of a new source for the abstraction of water from the River Mahon, at the tidal divide near Ballylaneen. |
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The events of the last year prove that both extremist and moderate governments in the Middle East are riding a tidal wave of resentment. |
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The film, to be released in Britain in February, will be followed by a tidal wave of post-feminist fury. |
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And yet we're one of the leading players in a tidal wave of hatred and violence and division in the world. |
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A tidal wave of remorse still remained tightly sealed inside him but for now, he had more immediate concerns with which to occupy his mind. |
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So a lot of people think that there's always going to be a recession of the ocean before a tidal wave or tsunami hits. |
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The resulting yield from the salvo caused the Battlecruiser to break apart, a tidal wave of flame running its entire length. |
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The Rann, a vast expanse of tidal mud flats and salt marshes, take up much of Kachch. |
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Adults return to inlets adjacent to bays and estuaries for spawning, and eggs are swept into nursery habitats presumably by tidal action. |
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People had been predicting earthquakes and tidal waves, when we felt a few tremors. |
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We are not cursed with ice storms, hurricanes, volcano eruptions or tidal waves. |
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It said many buildings were destroyed and 17 coastal villages were flooded by tidal waves, leaving over 200 families homeless. |
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One version, now seen as discredited, suggests it was made possible by a tidal wave caused by an underwater volcanic eruption. |
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I just got one, and in order for it to show the correct tidal movements, I have to input the lunitidal interval. |
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Gradually he learned to predict tidal times and movements and he is said to have been the inventor of tide tables. |
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Within 45 minutes they were aware of the danger of a giant tidal wave sweeping the Indian Ocean. |
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The tide graph indicates tidal movement based on the Moon's transit over the meridian and the lunitidal interval. |
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In 1944 and again in 1946 the quakes generated significant tidal waves, or tsunamis, as well. |
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Thousands of people have spent idyllic holidays in the areas stricken by the tidal wave following the earthquake. |
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Juvenile lumpfish living in tidepools must deal with potential fluctuations of natural prey items between tidal cycles. |
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Officials fear they may have been washed away by tidal waves triggered after Friday's earthquake. |
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This applies equally to tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, tidal waves and meteor strikes. |
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As explained earlier, this section is fully tidal and as such alters in depth from low tide to high tide by an average of about 17 ft. |
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More than 115,000 tourists from home and abroad gathered at Haining on Sunday to watch the mammoth autumnal tidal bores. |
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Every 12 hours the water level oscillates between high tide and low tide, but the pattern of tidal waves is surprisingly complex. |
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A big problem is that salt water has contaminated a lot of wells in the low-lying areas when this tidal wave came in. |
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Thorny bush, swamps and even tidal waves impeded early settlement, as did the belief that evil spirits inhabited the islands. |
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It was a tidal bay, so twice a day you would be left with a small tidal river. |
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There are strong tidal currents in the area as well as mud, which can trap waders and swimmers. |
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The movement of water associated with tides can also result in the formation of tidal currents. |
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As the Earth's speed of rotation diminishes owing to tidal friction, its angular momentum falls. |
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Tall, leggy herons and the white snowy egrets wait patiently along the tidal creeks for small fish to swim by. |
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Temperature data loggers were deployed near the outflow of each lake to record the timing and frequency of tidal inflows. |
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If the water line rises far, it means a tidal wave will come and people must retreat to high ground, he said. |
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In 1962, tidal levels reached 3.01m above ordnance data level, the height above sea level. |
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The main cause is the tidal pull of the Moon, which has slowed the day length by about two hours over the past 400 million years. |
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Climatologists believe that sea levels are rising faster in Dublin bay than the readings from tidal records would suggest. |
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Nuuk is rich with undertones, tidal washes, deep swathes of velvet mezzotint, patient soundings, submarinal echoes. |
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Wishing for no more tidal waves in the stormy emotional ocean of the day, Shey returned her mother's overly sympathetic smile. |
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Public morality, especially, had been swept away in France by a tidal wave of bribery and corruption. |
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I have regularly used these floats on tidal waters to fish high tides with good results. |
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Wasn't this apocalyptic comment portentous with all the flooding and massive tidal waves around Thailand and the Indian Ocean? |
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Out at the distant horizon ascended a monstrous tidal swell amassing into an alp. |
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In the present case it was common ground that there is a public right of navigation throughout the tidal waters of the estuary. |
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First, readings are collected over an interval that takes into account regular tidal patterns. |
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Towns were levelled by tidal waves which left bodies wedged in trees as the waters receded, Indonesian officials and witnesses said. |
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Officers standing on the shore could hear his cries but dared not enter the water because of the dangerous tidal currents. |
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We detected no tidal effects on salinity or water level in the impoundment, despite reverse flow at the fishway. |
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On the prow of the Kebako Puka a snake coils around a mountain, symbolizing the tidal wave that destroyed the Lamalerans' ancestral home. |
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They said the fate of fishing trawlers out at sea at the time of the tidal waves was not yet known. |
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But then I woke up at 7am and whoosh, the tidal wave that is my to-do list flooded my thoughts and blind panic swept over me once again. |
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The tidal sealochs of the east coast are particularly good otter-spotting venues. |
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The dive sites here are home to some of the strongest, wildest and most dangerous tidal currents in the world. |
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At this time of year, monsoons in the area cause tidal surges and high waves. |
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Seagulls keened and skied, pelicans bobbed on the swells, sandpipers left sharp three-toed tracks along the tidal margin. |
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The tidal current was running against me, slowing the trawler to three knots. |
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You must pick your time well, as she is often swept by strong tidal currents. |
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It's used to patrol for trespassers, set up live firing targets and recover rounds from the sand and tidal flats. |
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The people and the media were also caught up in a tidal wave of political change that caught them all by surprise and elicited an awkward response. |
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In the case of a tidal bore, like the one in Canada's Bay of Fundy, a strong rising tide can enter a river channel and push the water back upstream. |
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These days, we are almost hit with a tidal wave of information. |
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Sometimes, a bore can form during which an abrupt front of whitewater will rapidly advance inland much similar to the tidal bore formed at the mouth of large rivers. |
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In fact, many people, including myself, don't know how the sandbank in the area was created, and about its great influence upon the geology and tidal patterns of the region. |
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The tidal waves washed away their raw materials and equipment. |
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I felt a tidal wave of relief, an ecstatic joy that couldn't be tainted. |
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Alex is rocked by a tidal wave of emotion when he visits Benny in jail. |
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The port developed around a large tidal lagoon protected by a sand bar. |
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They blame fertiliser run-off, increased irrigation drawing water from the river, and rising salination as tidal effects reach further up the delta from the South China Sea. |
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The first tidal wave caused damage to the bottom of the hotel, but it was the second wave, an hour and a half later, which wrecked the first few levels of the buildings. |
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The proposed enclosure would stretch from wet sand to dry areas above the tidal zone, but allowed people to walk at the water's edge along the beach. |
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The Salicornioideae are among the most salt-tolerant land plants and frequently occur in saline areas associated with coastlines, tidal floodways and salt lakes. |
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The eruption produced a cloud of steam and ash that wreathed the 3,000 ft Stromboli mountain and a tidal wave that rocked ships in ports more than 100 miles away. |
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There's meteor crashes, tidal waves, earthquakes and asteroids. |
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If the tidal stream sets towards the right of the apparent wind, boats on the starboard tack will be freed and boats on the port tack will be headed. |
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The planet is deep in the gravitational well of a black hole, and the black hole would surely have very high tidal forces. |
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The warrant officer used a spare boat to recover the sweep in the darkness, battling against a six knot tidal stream in waters not yet cleared of mines. |
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The film also depicted a gigantic tidal wave flooding New York. |
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The tidal wave caused by global warming alarmism has hit me. |
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The resultant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mountain building, mega winds, and tidal waves will be on a scale beyond normal reference or imagination. |
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Two teenage girls are the best of friends but are destined to go their separate ways until a tidal wave deposits a mermaid in a beach club swimming pool. |
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I don't think we can resolve problems like earthquakes and tidal waves. |
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Because of tidal action, which in its own way can be a form of marine structure, bays are more akin to rivers and streams than to lakes and reservoirs. |
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You'll kayak through a maze of fjords and tidal channels and through the ice-encrusted Cordillera Darwin and the most active tidewater glaciers in the world. |
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The reworking of the sand bedload, in association with the settling of mud from suspension during tidal slacks, deposits an interlaminated sand-mud lithology. |
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She pictured wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and tidal waves. |
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Some species of limpets have been shown to spend their entire lives within a few cm of their home scars, while others can move upwards of 1 m during a single tidal cycle. |
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The evidence for tidal influence arises from documentation of bidirectional cross-strata, tidal bundles, tidal rhythmites and periodic variation in foreset thickness. |
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A barrage has been placed across the river Tawe to create greater tidal movement in the estuary which had been poisoned by the output of the industrial era. |
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The rescue proved timely, as the area is prone to large tidal races. |
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We have been shocked at the terrible news of the earthquake followed by the tidal waves which have caused so much terrible destruction and loss of human life. |
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I grabbed a mango tree when the tidal wave tried to sweep me away. |
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I had fished both the tidal and non tidal Thames for pike for many years. |
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The tidal bore of water in a salt marsh estuary typically involves very little wave action, with slow and steady increases and decreases in water level. |
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But this tidal wave of systematic brutality has resulted in only 30 convictions. |
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But the public indignation that was slow to rise at first is now coming on like a tidal wave. |
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The tidal bore comes in faster than a galloping horse, but first wilful surging water fills gullies and gaping holes left by the last ebbing tide. |
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There were lots of little crabs scuttling around behind the mangroves and on the tidal flats there were wrybill, plump little birds that have beaks skewed to the right. |
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On subsequent peribothra further tidal interactions take place, gradually causing the orbit to decay. |
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The river is bridged again at Swaythling, where Woodmill Bridge separates the tidal and non tidal sections of the river. |
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If the wreck stayed uncovered any longer it risked irreversible damage from biological decay and tidal scouring. |
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The Island Harbour Marina, at the site of an old tidal mill, is also on the river, about two miles from Newport. |
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In the past tidal flats were considered unhealthy, economically unimportant areas and were often dredged and developed into agricultural land. |
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Symmetric wave ripples occur in environments where currents reverse directions, such as tidal flats. |
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Such structures are commonly found at tidal flats or point bars along rivers. |
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There is a genuine worry that newspaper journalists will be driven out of business by a tidal wave of blogging or twittering blatherskites. |
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The tidal turbine system includes two low-flow turbines installed on the test bed, which are enhanced for local conditions. |
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The initial increase in ventilation is due first to an increase in tidal volume and then to an increase in respiratory rate. |
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Initial measurements were made, including 13 physiological measures such as blood pressure, respiration rate, and tidal volume. |
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The system has a tidal volume of 500 ml, and variable frequency from 10 to 25 breaths per minute. |
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The respiratory rate and tidal volume are set, depending on weight and oxygen requirements of the patient. |
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Workers removed a road and excavated swales to allow tidal action on the parcel, and installed a tide gate to permit water control. |
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A new tide gate now allows better management of freshwater and tidal flows. |
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California killifish and longjaw mudsuckers are most abundant in the shallow tidal channels of the marsh islands. |
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of mycorrhizas in Jaumea carnosa, a tidal saltmarsh halophyte. |
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The ports of London, Liverpool, and Newcastle lie on the tidal rivers Thames, Mersey and Tyne respectively. |
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The Thames Barrier was completed in the 1980s to protect London against tidal surges from the North Sea. |
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They indicate that 2000 species of flowering plant have been found growing there and that the tidal Thames supports 120 species of fish. |
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The water level is generally far more dependent on the regional wind situation than on tidal effects. |
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However, tidal currents occur in narrow passages in the western parts of the Baltic Sea. |
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The Ouse was originally a tidal river, accessible to seagoing ships of the time. |
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Much of the alluvium in the river plains had not yet been deposited and the tidal river estuaries extended much further inland. |
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The army crossed at a tidal ford at Blanchetaque, leaving Philip's army stranded. |
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The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. |
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In 1909 the powers of the Thames Conservancy over the tidal river, below Teddington, were transferred to the Port of London Authority. |
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Kayaking and canoeing are common, with sea kayakers using the tidal stretch for touring. |
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The river is tidal from Howley Weir in Warrington, although high spring tides often top the weir. |
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Very high spring tides can generate a tidal bore from Hale as far upstream as Warrington. |
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In the tidal section of the river below Gloucester, the Gloucester Harbour Trustees are the competent harbour authority. |
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A number of ferries were also operated on the tidal river, for example at New Passage, Purton and Arlingham. |
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The river becomes tidal at Maisemore, on the West Channel just north of Gloucester, and at Llanthony Weir on the East Channel. |
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A curious phenomenon associated with the lower reaches of the Severn is the tidal bore, which forms somewhat upstream of the port of Sharpness. |
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However a tidal range greater than that of the Severn is recorded from the lesser known Ungava Bay in Canada. |
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She completed the swim, nominally 11 miles but equivalent to 22 miles because of tidal flows, in 7 hours 20 minutes. |
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The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in south western England. |
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As the bed of the estuary starts to rise and the sides continue to converge, the bore forms and begins to surge up the river in a tidal stream. |
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A tidal bore takes place during the flood tide and never during the ebb tide. |
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The visual observations of tidal bores highlight the turbulent nature of the surging waters. |
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The tidal bore induces a strong turbulent mixing in the estuarine zone, and the effects may be felt along considerable distances. |
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Most rivers draining into the upper Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have tidal bores. |
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Historically, there was a tidal bore on the Gulf of California in Mexico at the mouth of the Colorado River. |
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Also, the true vertical at a point at a specific time is influenced by tidal forces, which the theoretical geoid averages out. |
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The large tidal bay of Langstone Harbour lies to the east of Portsea Island. |
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There was initially no direct line from London to Wales as the tidal River Severn was too wide to cross. |
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In 1992 the port was privatised and is part of the Forth Ports organisation, the PLA retaining the role of managing the tidal Thames. |
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Records of the variations in level of the ocean and the great lakes are kept by means of tidal registers, or marographs. |
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Combined with a tidal range of 10m and fast currents of up to 12 knots, this makes sailing in local waters dangerous. |
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Although the feared tidal surge had not occurred, radioactive contamination of the islands was widespread and severe. |
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It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. |
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In the 16th century, a large tidal wave was said to have washed the route away. |
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The castle is often better known than the island, and the islands themselves are often tidal or bridged. |
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The Harlem River, another tidal strait between the East and Hudson Rivers, separates most of Manhattan from the Bronx. |
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The Environment Agency also publishes information about tidal bores, these being the Trent Aegir and the Severn bore. |
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A ferry, and later bridge, on the River Forth at Stirling brought wealth and strategic influence, as did its tidal port at Riverside. |
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However, the dredging of the river for the barge may be responsible for a weakening of the tidal bore. |
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The main entrance to the castle was the Gate next the Sea, next to the castle's tidal dock that allowed it to be supplied directly by sea. |
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Boats sail from Tenby's harbour to the offshore monastic Caldey Island, while St Catherine's Island is a tidal island. |
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The Gloucester Harbour Trustees have responsibility for controlling navigation in the estuary's tidal waters upstream from the bridge. |
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From 1910 onwards capacity issues meant that the more modern and less tidal Barry Docks took over as the largest volume export point of coal. |
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This tidal pool was located where the River Poddle entered the Liffey, on the site of the castle gardens at the rear of Dublin Castle. |
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There are many different methods of developing mechanical energy, including heat engines, hydro, wind and tidal power. |
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Later, the Mersey Railway connected Birkenhead and Liverpool, with the world's first tunnel beneath a tidal estuary. |
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This broad definition also includes fjords, lagoons, river mouths, and tidal creeks. |
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In this type of estuary, river output greatly exceeds marine input and tidal effects have a minor importance. |
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As tidal forcing increases, river output becomes less than the marine input. |
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Sheep, Piel, Chapel and Foulney Islands are tidal and can be walked to at low tide with appropriate care. |
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In 2007 Strangford Lough became home to the world's first commercial tidal stream power station, SeaGen. |
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Since June 2008 a tidal energy device called Evopod has been tested in Strangford Lough near the Portaferry Ferry landing. |
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Coastal salt marshes can be distinguished from terrestrial habitats by the daily tidal flow that occurs and continuously floods the area. |
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At higher elevations in the upper marsh zone, there is much less tidal inflow, resulting in lower salinity levels. |
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Soil salinity in the lower marsh zone is fairly constant due to everyday annual tidal flow. |
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The New England salt marsh is subject to strong tidal influences and shows distinct patterns of zonation. |
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Inundation and sediment deposition on the marsh surface is also assisted by tidal creeks which are a common feature of salt marshes. |
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Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system because of tidal interaction with Jupiter. |
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Many other datums are used in practice, depending on the locality and tidal regime. |
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However this pattern was reversed at the start of the last century as a tidal wave of German emigration began. |
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Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. |
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Saltstraumen in Norway is often described as the world's strongest tidal current. |
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Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers. |
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Beginning in close proximity to the tidal bars, sand dominated layers are prominent and become increasingly muddy throughout the tidal channels. |
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This meant that high tide formed a serious risk because strong tidal currents could tear huge areas of land into the sea. |
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At the Waal, for example, the most landward tidal influence can be detected between Brakel and Zaltbommel. |
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Other sources include geothermal energy from the Earth's core, tidal energy from the Moon and heat from the decay of radioactive compounds. |
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At the amphidromic points of the dominant tidal constituent, there is almost no vertical movement from tidal action. |
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There can be tidal currents since the water levels on either side of the amphidromic point are not the same. |
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The islands are marked by dunes and wide, sandy beaches towards the North Sea and a low, tidal coast towards the Wadden Sea. |
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The majority of tidal inlets on longshore drift shores accumulate sediment in flood and ebb shoals. |
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Channel location variance and amount may also influence the impact of long shore drift on a tidal inlet as well. |
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Surge can be measured directly at coastal tidal stations as the difference between the forecast tide and the observed rise of water. |
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Since tides are a localized phenomenon, storm surge can only be measured in relationship to a nearby tidal station. |
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Since the sea flooded it, the valley seems to have been kept open by tidal action. |
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Internal waves are generated by wind energy, tidal energy, and ocean currents. |
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Possibly 30 settlements were destroyed, and the coastline shifted east, leaving formerly inhabited land in the tidal Wadden Sea. |
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A tsunami can occur in any tidal state and even at low tide can still inundate coastal areas. |
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Besides the tidal channel there are interfaces to the upland dunes including mudflats, sand beaches and shingle flats. |
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Species that nest in marshes must construct a nesting platform to keep the nest dry, particularly in species that nest in tidal marshes. |
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The former is one of a pair of stone obelisks standing on a small tidal island on the other side of the channel. |
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Shortly thereafter, wells were drilled in tidal zones along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. |
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Tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity. |
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Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has potential for future electricity generation. |
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Greater tidal variation and higher tidal current velocities can dramatically increase the potential of a site for tidal electricity generation. |
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When using tidal barrages to generate power, the potential energy from a tide is seized through strategic placement of specialized dams. |
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A new tidal energy design option is to construct circular retaining walls embedded with turbines that can capture the potential energy of tides. |
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The proposed Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay in Wales, United Kingdom would be the first tidal power station of this type once built. |
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Installing a barrage may change the shoreline within the bay or estuary, affecting a large ecosystem that depends on tidal flats. |
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It can be difficult to maintain tidal stream generators due to their size and depth in the water. |
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These are caused by the combination of strong winds, high waves, and a large tidal range. |
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This, combined with the unique tidal patterns in the area, makes navigation challenging. |
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The Red Sea is higher than the Eastern Mediterranean, so the canal serves as a tidal strait that pours Red Sea water into the Mediterranean. |
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With the coal machinery now redundant, a tidal creek named the Mere was partly filled in for a vast fuel tank farm. |
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The tidal Avon Gorge, which had secured the port during the Middle Ages, had become a liability. |
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Another explanation lies in the different forces generated by tidal forces of the Sun and Moon. |
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Paleontological evidence and computer simulations show that Earth's axial tilt is stabilized by tidal interactions with the Moon. |
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Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of local sea levels caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. |
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Tides cause changes in the depth of the marine and estuarine water bodies and produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams. |
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These unique patterns are created due to the interaction of various regional and global evaporative forces, tidal forces, and wind forces. |
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When large tidal flows enter the Strait and the high tide relaxes, internal waves are generated at the Camarinal Sill and proceed eastwards. |
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With the narrow connection to the Atlantic, the Gulf experiences very small tidal ranges. |
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For example, the solid part of the Earth is affected by tides, though this is not as easily seen as the water tidal movements. |
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The moment that the tidal current ceases is called slack water or slack tide. |
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Tidal constituents are the net result of multiple influences impacting tidal changes over certain periods of time. |
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The solid Earth deforms a bit, but ocean water, being fluid, is free to move much more in response to the tidal force, particularly horizontally. |
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Even at its most powerful this force is still weak, causing tidal differences of inches at most. |
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Lines of constant tidal phase are called cotidal lines, which are analogous to contour lines of constant altitude on topographical maps. |
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This and the discussion that follows is precisely true only for a single tidal constituent. |
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The amphidromic point is at once cotidal with high and low waters, which is satisfied by zero tidal motion. |
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South of Cape Hatteras the tidal forces are more complex, and cannot be predicted reliably based on the North Atlantic cotidal lines. |
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In 1744 Jean le Rond d'Alembert studied tidal equations for the atmosphere which did not include rotation. |
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When the tidal equipotential changes, the ocean surface is no longer aligned with it, so the apparent direction of the vertical shifts. |
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The first tide table in China was recorded in 1056 AD primarily for visitors wishing to see the famous tidal bore in the Qiantang River. |
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Southampton in the United Kingdom has a double high water caused by the interaction between the M2 and M4 tidal constituents. |
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The tide heights are expected to follow the tidal force, with a constant amplitude and phase delay for each component. |
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The exception is at Cook Strait where the tidal currents periodically link high to low water. |
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A tidal height is a simple number which applies to a wide region simultaneously. |
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An alternative is to treat the tidal flows as complex numbers, as each value has both a magnitude and a direction. |
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The timing is relative to high water at some harbour where the tidal behaviour is similar in pattern, though it may be far away. |
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Strong currents result, with almost zero tidal height change in the strait's center. |
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In the first case, the energy amount is entirely determined by the timing and tidal current magnitude. |
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While some generation is possible for most of the tidal cycle, in practice turbines lose efficiency at lower operating rates. |
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Until the advent of automated navigation, competence in calculating tidal effects was important to naval officers. |
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Tidal flow timings and velocities appear in tide charts or a tidal stream atlas. |
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Depth for other times can be derived from tidal curves published for major ports. |
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The approximately fortnightly tidal cycle has large effects on intertidal and marine organisms. |
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In humans, the menstrual cycle lasts roughly a lunar month, an even multiple of the tidal period. |
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When oscillating tidal currents in the stratified ocean flow over uneven bottom topography, they generate internal waves with tidal frequencies. |
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Galactic tides are the tidal forces exerted by galaxies on stars within them and satellite galaxies orbiting them. |
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Elver influx is linked to increased temperature and reduced flow early in the migration season, and to tidal cycle influence later on. |
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The three main types of marsh are salt marshes, freshwater tidal marshes, and freshwater marshes. |
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The Parrett is tidal almost to Langport, where there is evidence of two Roman wharfs. |
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Tombolos are more prone to natural fluctuations of profile and area as a result of tidal and weather events than a normal beach is. |
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