Sentence examples for tide range from inspiring English sources

"The reef crest is a tiny thing about the same height as the tide range," he explains.

Whenever possible, commercial quays are built open to the tide range to provide maximum freedom for shipping.

The mean spring tide range at Cowes harbour, for instance, is 3.6 metres (12ft) as the tides are squeezed between the mainland and Isle of Wight.

What can be the explanation, for example, of the great tides in the Bay of Fundy, when only a few hundred miles away, at Nantucket Island, the tide range is little more than a foot?

For example, the spring tide range, which is highest in summer and winter, is as much as 23 feet (7 metres) at Sansha Bay and 30 feet (9 metres) at Hangzhou Bay.

In these, the tide range is magnified by the narrowness and shape of the bay, a rise of 46 feet (14 m) being common in Chignecto Bay and 53 feet (16 m) in Minas Basin.

Nonetheless, FC was low at the rest of the stations during low tide, ranging from BDL to 6 ± 4 cfu/100 ml.

The amplitude of these fluctuations relative to that of the sea tide ranges approximately between 1 (small D) and 0.5 (large D).

It was weakening as it made its closest approach to land, and the highest tides occurred during the neap tide, which is the time when tide ranges are minimal.

The tides range up to 28 feet in this part of Maine, and when they're in full fettle it's an impressive sight.

However, in the upper reaches of the Gulf of California and in Korea Bay, tidal ranges of 40 feet (12 metres) are common, while around most of Australia tides range from 6 to 33 feet (1.8 to 10 metres).