• Thumbnail for Tide
    The water stops falling, reaching a local minimum called low tide. Sea level rises over several hours, covering the intertidal zone; flood tide. The water...
    109 KB (13,082 words) - 18:00, 25 October 2024
  • Flood tide is the rising tide of an ocean, the opposite of ebb tide It may also refer to: Flood Tide (novel), a novel by Clive Cussler Flood Tide (1934...
    523 bytes (96 words) - 16:59, 13 January 2018
  • Thumbnail for North Sea flood of 1953
    The 1953 North Sea flood (Dutch: Watersnoodramp) was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England...
    35 KB (3,867 words) - 05:11, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rip tide
    slack tide, the water is motionless for a short period of time until the flooding or rising tide starts pushing the sea water landward through the inlet...
    5 KB (618 words) - 21:23, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 100-year flood
    flood. Areas near the coast of an ocean or large lake also can be flooded by combinations of tide, storm surge, and waves. Maps of the riverine or coastal...
    17 KB (2,258 words) - 21:13, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for St. Lucia's flood
    St. Lucia's flood (Sint-Luciavloed) was a storm tide that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on 13/14 December 1287 (OS),[circular reference]...
    7 KB (814 words) - 05:15, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thames Barrier
    the North Sea. It has been operational since 1982. When needed, it is closed (raised) during high tide; at low tide, it can be opened to restore the river's...
    32 KB (3,104 words) - 15:45, 30 October 2024
  • by a great flood-tide; for in fact they still hold the country which they held in earlier times; and they sent as a present to Augustus the most sacred...
    3 KB (364 words) - 23:15, 14 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Mobile Bay
    Friend, West Wind, Flood Tide, pp. 67, 125. ORN I, v. 21, p. 373. Brannon, Peter A. (June 13, 1937). "Fort Stonewall at Choctaw Bluff". The Montgomery Advertiser...
    49 KB (6,736 words) - 09:15, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Storm tides of the North Sea
    Storm tides of the North Sea are coastal floods associated with extratropical cyclones crossing over the North Sea, the severity of which is affected...
    18 KB (1,680 words) - 08:22, 4 February 2024
  • mean sea level, the flood in the mouth starts at half tide, and its velocity is at its greatest at the time of high water, with the strongest ebb occurring...
    6 KB (758 words) - 18:59, 4 June 2024
  • at least 25,000 deaths. The storm tide is also called the "Second St. Marcellus flood" because it peaked on 16 January, the feast day of St. Marcellus...
    3 KB (270 words) - 00:25, 23 October 2024
  • water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in...
    90 KB (10,817 words) - 02:30, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Great Molasses Flood
    Puleo, Stephen (2010). Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Beacon Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780807096673. Any disruption at the tank could prove disastrous...
    32 KB (3,321 words) - 23:54, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flood management
    Flood management describes methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes...
    58 KB (7,994 words) - 21:31, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flood
    applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment...
    65 KB (8,465 words) - 13:45, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flood barrier
    flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the...
    8 KB (777 words) - 19:41, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for North Sea flood of 2007
    Oceanographic Centre. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012. "North Sea flood tide fears recede". BBC News. 9 November...
    10 KB (887 words) - 10:54, 18 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Storm surge
    Storm surge (redirect from Storm Tide)
    A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure...
    43 KB (4,511 words) - 02:46, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tidal bore
    Tidal bore (redirect from Bore tide)
    the duration of the flood tide, down to a point where the flood appears as a sudden increase in the water level. A tidal bore takes place during the flood...
    24 KB (2,796 words) - 07:33, 31 October 2024
  • Flood Tide is a 1934 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring George Carney, Janice Adair and Minnie Rayner. It was made at Twickenham Studios...
    3 KB (248 words) - 14:06, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Clive Cussler
    in The Pharaoh's Secret. This series of books features a ship named the Oregon, which Cussler introduced in the Dirk Pitt Adventures novel Flood Tide (1997)...
    30 KB (1,970 words) - 00:11, 24 July 2024
  • Flood Tide is a 1958 American CinemaScope drama film noir romance film directed by Abner Biberman and starring George Nader, Cornell Borchers, and Michel...
    2 KB (163 words) - 04:30, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for King tide
    king tides can cause tidal flooding. In Vancouver, Canada, king tides are a growing problem along its seawall. King tides are the highest tides. They...
    5 KB (570 words) - 00:59, 17 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tidal flooding
    exceptionally high tide events, such as at full and new moons. The highest tides of the year may be known as the king tide, with the month varying by location...
    15 KB (1,480 words) - 17:07, 1 November 2024
  • the cubic footage from nighttime soaps like Dallas, Dynasty and their offspring. As the movie proceeds, the flow quickens into a surging flood tide of...
    18 KB (2,376 words) - 17:34, 8 September 2024
  • Taken at the Flood is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1948...
    19 KB (2,839 words) - 16:24, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Doggett's Coat and Badge
    Doggett's Coat and Badge (category Regattas on the River Thames)
    in September, that coincides with the incoming (rising or flood) tide, in contemporary single sculling boats. The winner's prize is a traditional watermen's...
    11 KB (1,311 words) - 07:24, 6 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1928 Thames flood
    0°09′43″W / 51.484°N 0.162°W / 51.484; -0.162 The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London...
    11 KB (1,359 words) - 15:06, 20 October 2024
  • Tidal prism (category Tides)
    ocean water as Prism=Volume of ocean water coming into an estuary on the flood tide + Volume of river discharge mixing with that ocean water; however, there...
    6 KB (888 words) - 21:07, 23 August 2023