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The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. [1] The name is probably a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'. [2]
Miami Dade College (MDC) [8] is a public college located in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1959, MDC operates eight campuses and numerous outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County .
The calendar for the 2024-25 school year is set. The first day of school in Miami-Dade schools will be Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, and the final day of classes will be Thursday, June 5, 2025, the ...
The world's largest mean tidal range of 11.7 metres (38.4 feet) occurs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada (more specificially, at Burntcoat Head, Nova Scotia). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The next highest, of 9.75 metres (32.0 feet), is at Ungava Bay , also in Canada, [ 4 ] [ 7 ] and the next, of 9.60 metres (31.5 feet), in the Bristol Channel , between England and ...
King tide flooding in Miami-Dade was predicted for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, the season peak Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, Oct. 15-16 and during the full moon Oct. 25-31. Each round of flooding from king tides ...
In South Florida, one of the surest signs that fall is here isn’t changing leaves or a chill in the air — it’s saltwater pooling in the street on a sunny day.
The decision to build the facility was partly prompted by the promise of federal funding for this alternative energy project, and the existence of a rock-filled causeway which had been built on the Annapolis River in 1960 by the Maritime Marshlands Reclamation Authority to block the Bay of Fundy tides from entering the river to replace the ...
The water stops rising, reaching a local maximum called high tide. Sea level falls over several hours, revealing the intertidal zone; ebb tide. Oscillating currents produced by tides are known as tidal streams or tidal currents. The moment that the tidal current ceases is called slack water or slack tide. The tide then reverses direction and is ...