Sentence examples for high tide level from inspiring English sources

With even just a small increase in the high tide level, flooding can inundate areas, resulting in roads being cut off or houses and businesses becoming swamped.

The new research calculates the size of the population living within one meter, or 3.3 feet, of the mean high tide level, as estimated in a new tidal data set from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The beach sands in the studied region are in the range of fine to very coarse sands, with the finest sediments present at the high tide level and the coarsest at the low tide level (Grzelak et al., 2009).

Results show that the high tide level, peak storm surge, and high storm tide level at the Haimen Gauge Station increased along with the completion of reclamation projects, and the maximum increments caused by the third project were 0.13 m, 0.50 m, and 0.43 m, respectively.

For the final 14 mile, the river bed is below the high tide level, and Scots Float sluice is used to control levels.

The Grand Sluice was a major construction which maintained the height of water above Boston to near normal high tide level and had massive flood gates to cope with any tides above this.

2. King tides The effect of the upward pressure of La Niña on sea levels, is that over the last decade or so we have seen more frequent and higher high tide levels (often called king tides) -- not just in Kiribati but in other atoll islands, including Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands.

In all cases of dock wall construction by concrete monolith or caisson, it is the basic structure of the wall that is provided by these means; the final superstructure, above highest tide level, will depend for its detail on the requirements for dockside services, crane tracks, and other elements.

Sometimes, it is unclear whether two islands form a single continuous body or not; indeed, it is possible that they do at low tide (when people may be accustomed to walk from one to the other) but not at higher tide levels.

The buildings will be raised above the sidewalks, nine feet above high-tide level.

The lowest ground, just a few feet above high-tide level, is the extensive floodplain of the valley floor.