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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.

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Q: Why does the Bay of Fundy have such dramatic tides?
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