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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment...
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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...
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Battle of Mobile Bay (redirect from Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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...
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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...
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like tides but also sea level rise due to climate change. Flood control is an important part of climate change adaptation and climate resilience. Flood control...
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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...
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Thames Barrier (redirect from Thames flood 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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]...
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Storm tides of the North Sea are coastal floods associated with extratropical cyclones crossing over the North Sea, the severity of which is affected...
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Clive Cussler (redirect from Flood Tide (novel))
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)...
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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...
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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...
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Flood Tide is a 1958 American CinemaScope drama film noir romance film directed by Abner Biberman and starring George Nader, Cornell Borchers, and Michel...
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that the attraction of the Moon was responsible for the tides and writes in clear terms about ebb, flood, spring tide and neap tide, stressing that further...
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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...
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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...
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James D. Hornfischer (category Burials at Texas State Cemetery)
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944–1945 (Bantam hardcover, October 25, 2016). ISBN 978-0-345-54870-2 Who Can Hold the...
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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...
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caused the flood in Surat and other downstream villages. The high tide of the sea during the flood further reduced the drainage capacity of the river and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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of 70 to 29 m (230 to 95 ft) at its rounded top. Flood tides and outflow to the Firth of Lorne in the west can drive the waters of Corryvreckan to waves...
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