The Bay of Fundy, in Eastern Canada, has the highest tidal range in the world, equalled only by Leaf Basin for Ungava Bay, north of Quebec. This means that the distance between high and low tide is 17 meters (55 feet).
Why? Tides rise and fall from the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. Every full moon and every new moon (that is, about every two weeks) the moon and the sun are in a line on one side of the earth. This produces spring tides (very high and very low). One week later we have neap tides, (not very high and not very low).
Another factor might be the slope of the seabed and the funnelling effect of the bay.
The Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy is known for its very large tides.
The highest tides in the world are found in the Bay of Fundy, located between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. The tides in the Bay of Fundy can reach heights of over 50 feet (15 meters) during extreme variations.
The Bay of Fundy has the largest tides in the world with a difference of as much as 48 feet between low tide and high tide. The greater the difference, the more energy can be derived from the change.
Maine shares the coastline of the Bay of Fundy with the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Bay of Fundy
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The Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy is known for its very large tides.
The Bay of Fundy. It has some of the highest tides in the world.
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The Bay of Fundy
Baie Verte, part of the Northumberland Strait, lies between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. So does Chignecto Bay, and its extension, Cumberland Basin. I hope you didn't think the only answer would be the Bay of Fundy.
The second highest tidal range is on the Bristol Channel (England, UK) the sea between England and Wales. It has a tidal range of 15 metres, second to the Bay of fundy in Canada which has 16 metres. CB
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Bay of Fundy
They are the highest in the world (up to 53ft/16m at the top of the Bay)