What is a tidal bore?
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What is a tidal bore?
They're violent, rare, and can often be predicted and surfed. Meet the unlikely world of tidal bores and learn more about their creation.
Apr 1, 2019
Tidal Bore Surfing
Surfers enjoy a ride on the tidal bore in New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River, upstream from the Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world. Video: @sheldon_tuck/Twitter | The Weather Network
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Surfers enjoy a ride on the tidal bore in New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River, upstream from the Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world. Video: @sheldon_tuck/Twitter | The Weather Network
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Surfing the Pororoca: the Amazon River’s Endless Wave | The Inertia
Surfing the Pororoca: the Amazon River’s Endless Wave | The Inertia
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Silver Dragon tidal bore collides in rare swirling super wave (video)
Silver Dragon tidal bore collides in rare swirling super wave (video)
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One of the world's largest tidal bore! 🌊 | Creative Bee
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One of the world's largest tidal bore! 🌊 | Creative Bee
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People gather along the shores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang to witness the world's largest tidal bore. The best time to appreciate this natural phenomenon is in the fall, when the waves can reach up to 9 meters high. #DragonBoatFestival #Travel #FunChina | China Plus Culture
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People gather along the shores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang to witness the world's largest tidal bore. The best time to appreciate this natural phenomenon is in the fall, when the waves can reach up to 9 meters high. #DragonBoatFestival #Travel #FunChina | China Plus Culture
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Tidal bore rolls along river in China
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Tidal bore rolls along river in China
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Spectacular show of the tidal bore🌊 | Art & Painting
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Spectacular show of the tidal bore🌊 | Art & Painting
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Have you witnessed the Tidal Bore in New Brunswick? 🌊 This phenomenon occurs when the incoming tide from the Bay of Fundy forms a wave of water that travels upstream, against the current of the Petticodiac River. Video: Joe Warren, Moncton, New Brunswick | The Weather Network
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Have you witnessed the Tidal Bore in New Brunswick? 🌊 This phenomenon occurs when the incoming tide from the Bay of Fundy forms a wave of water that travels upstream, against the current of the Petticodiac River. Video: Joe Warren, Moncton, New Brunswick | The Weather Network
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Tidal Energy » Marine Renewables Canada
Tidal Energy » Marine Renewables Canada
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One of the world's largest tidal bore! 🌊 | Creative Bee
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One of the world's largest tidal bore! 🌊 | Creative Bee
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People gather along the shores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang to witness the world's largest tidal bore. The best time to appreciate this natural phenomenon is in the fall, when the waves can reach up to 9 meters high. #DragonBoatFestival #Travel #FunChina | China Plus Culture
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People gather along the shores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang to witness the world's largest tidal bore. The best time to appreciate this natural phenomenon is in the fall, when the waves can reach up to 9 meters high. #DragonBoatFestival #Travel #FunChina | China Plus Culture
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Tidal bore rolls along river in China
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Tidal bore rolls along river in China
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Pororoca: the endless Amazon tidal bore wave
Pororoca: the endless Amazon tidal bore wave
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The Qiantang River is renowned for having the "Silver Dragon," the world's largest tidal bore. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, visitors from across China gathered to watch the spectacle in Haining, a city 60 kilometers east of #Hangzhou. #CGTNSnapshot #ChinaSeen #SharedFuture10Years | CGTN
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The Qiantang River is renowned for having the "Silver Dragon," the world's largest tidal bore. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, visitors from across China gathered to watch the spectacle in Haining, a city 60 kilometers east of #Hangzhou. #CGTNSnapshot #ChinaSeen #SharedFuture10Years | CGTN
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It's a feat of nature that happens twice a day, every day. So what should happen to this scenic spot overlooking Truro's tidal bore? www.cbc.ca/1.3574342 | CBC Nova Scotia
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It's a feat of nature that happens twice a day, every day. So what should happen to this scenic spot overlooking Truro's tidal bore? www.cbc.ca/1.3574342 | CBC Nova Scotia
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Footage: World's largest tidal bore forms in east China's Qiantang River Thousands of tourists gathered in the city of Haining in east China's Zhejiang Province to appreciate the world's largest tidal bore at the Qiantang River during the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival holiday over the weekend. | CGTN
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Footage: World's largest tidal bore forms in east China's Qiantang River Thousands of tourists gathered in the city of Haining in east China's Zhejiang Province to appreciate the world's largest tidal bore at the Qiantang River during the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival holiday over the weekend. | CGTN
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The Qiantang tidal bore in east China's Zhejiang Province, famous for its height and speed, is ushering in the best time of the year for sightseeing. As the lunar month of July began on Wednesday, the anticipated Qiantang tidal bore welcomed its peak tidal bore viewing period with great waves and back-flow bores generating. | CGTN
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Tourists flock to the world's largest tidal bore for the promise of getting knocked down by a giant wave. Thousands of spectators line up against the seawall to face off against the wave. #tidalbore #china #giantwave | The Weather Network
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Malah jadi wisata 😱😱😱 The annual Qiantang River Tidal Bore has entered its peak tide period! The best time to watch the tide is around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and the tide can reach a maximum height of 10 meters when surging forward. 📷 : sunlight #qiantangriver #tunel #dam | Agus S Maruf
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The High Tides and the tidal bore, a great spectacle of nature - Mont Saint-Michel Normandy Destination
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Tidal Bores Are Rare, Fast and Have Epic Waves
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LOOK: The Mid-Autumn Festival ushers in the best time to view the Qiantang River’s tidal bore in east China’s Zhejiang Province... that’s between the 15th and 18th of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls from September 17 to 20 this year. Aerial and ground views catch the power of the waves rushing in. #qiantangriver #tidal #scenery #dronephotography #stunning #chinanature | CGTN China24
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Tidal Bore China
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Tidal Bore, Moncton, NB
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4 different angles to view the tidal bore in Truro NS (Sept 2020)
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WATCH: Spectacular tidal bore surges up Qiantang River in China
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Arnside Tidal Bore Morecambe Bay Feb 2019. An Understated Showing Of Nature’s Raw Power.Pls read des
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See How the Moon Causes Huge Waves on this River | National Geographic
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China Tidal Bore
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