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Tidal Bores
- "There are a number of places in the world where rivers enter the ocean via long funnel-shaped bays. In such estuaries, especially during high spring tides, the broad front of the incoming tide wave is restricted by the narrowing channel and the shoaling water so that it abruptly increaes in height and a visible wave front or bore exists." - excerpt from the book, Waves and Beaches, by Willard Bascom, Doubleday, 1980, pg. 103.
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