In Burntcoat Head, Minas Basin, part of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, tides can range 38.4 feet (11.7 meters). The bay is funnel-shaped - its bottom slopes upward continuously from the ocean inlet. The result is an extreme "tidal bore," a wavelike phenomenon at the leading edge of the changing tide. Bores in Fundy can travel up feeder rivers at 8 mph (13 kilometers per hour) and be more than 3 feet (1 meter) tall.
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