2006-12-28 07:06:45 · 10 answers · asked by CJ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Bay of Fundy, although there was an argument about this in Canada a couple of years back. It appears that in the Arctic Ocean, Ungava Bay was fighting for the title. According to the site below it was settled as a tie.
(I'm from the Bay of Fundy area, so it doesn't look like a tie to me)
Peace
2006-12-28 11:41:18 · answer #1 · answered by zingis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest tides on planet Earth occur near Wolfville, in Nova Scotia's Minas Basin. The water level at high tide can be as much as 16 meters (52.5 feet) higher than at low tide. Small Atlantic tides drive the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine system near resonance to produce the huge tides. High tides happen every 12 hours and 25 minutes (or nearly an hour later each day) because of the changing position of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth.
2006-12-28 12:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by Wildamberhoney 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world's biggest tidal differential occurs in the Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada, where the sea level changes by up to 17 metres (55 feet) during the day. What is generally regarded as the next highest tidal range occurs in the Bristol Channel in the UK, where sea levels change by some 15 metres (49 feet). The smallest tidal ranges occur in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Caribbean Seas.
2006-12-28 07:10:31 · answer #3 · answered by dave a 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its in the Bay of Fundy in Canada. Each day 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy during one tide cycle more than the combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers!
2006-12-28 07:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Highest tides are in the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. Come on up and see them, they are humongous.
2006-12-28 07:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by St N 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure it's the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia
Here is a discussion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy
2006-12-28 07:09:07 · answer #6 · answered by firefly 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Bay of Fundy, NS.
2006-12-28 07:20:17 · answer #7 · answered by rockdodger 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
British Columbia.
2006-12-28 08:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by Peter J 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hawaii
2006-12-28 07:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by paul t 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Cant remember first but i seem to remember Jersey in the Channel Islands is in second place.
2006-12-28 07:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by Paul Sabre 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋