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A bore in Morecambe Bay, in the United Kingdom Video of the Arnside Bore, in the United Kingdom The tidal bore in Upper Cook Inlet, in Alaska. A tidal bore, [1] often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current.
Tidal bore in Hangzhou Bay [9] Tonlé Sap River: Mekong River: Asia: Monsoon flooding of the Mekong River [10] Intermittent. Hurricane storm surges often cause ...
A tidal bore is a hydraulic jump which occurs when the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the current. [16] As is true for hydraulic jumps in general, bores take on various forms depending upon the difference in the waterlevel upstream and down, ranging from an undular ...
Hundreds lined up outside Houston’s Bayland Community Center for ice, military style rations and water. Local officials are still trying to get more aid to those without electricity.
Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and put a fresh spotlight on the water disposal practices that can lead to ...
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In the center of Houston, few people ventured out into the snow as some restaurants and bars remained closed. A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow ...
Rare but not unknown in a great many locations, the waves appear with some predictability and regularity in the Gulf of Carpentaria during spring. They have been seen as frequently as six days in a row according to reports by the two pilots who have most experience with soaring these sometimes enormous examples of the undular bore, known in Australia as the Morning Glory cloud.