Bay of Fundy
Water
The bay with the highest tides in the world: the sea rises as high as a four-storey house.
The Bay of Fundy lies on the east coast of Canada, between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Nowhere in the world does the tide rise and fall as far: up to 16 metres between low and high water.
The bay is shaped like a funnel that gets narrower and shallower, so the incoming water piles up. Twice a day about 160 billion tonnes of sea water flow in and out again.
- between low and high tide
- 16 m
- a day the tide comes in
- 2×
- tonnes of water each tide
- 160 billion
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At low tide you can walk on the seabed between rock pillars as tall as houses. Six hours later you could paddle a canoe over the same spot.
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Where the tide pushes into a river, the river runs backwards for a while.
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Whales come to the bay every summer to feed, among them the rare North Atlantic right whale.
Question 1 of 2
What is the Bay of Fundy famous for?
- Statue of LibertyA gift from France that welcomed millions of newcomers to America.
- Niagara FallsThree waterfalls on the border between Canada and the United States.
- MississippiThe great river that runs down the middle of the United States.
- Chichén ItzáA Maya city with a pyramid that works as a calendar.
It is in Canada.
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