The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as 54 ft. 6 in. (16.6 meters).
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E. Keith Clark
What is causing Global Climate Change?
Judi
The earth takes almost 24 hours to make a complete turn on its axis, so we might expect each high tide to occur 12 hours after the one before. However, the actual time between high tides is 12 hours 25 minutes. Can you account for the difference?
Worp
How much lower would the Atlantic and Pacific oceans be at the equator were it not for the centrifugal effect of the earth's rotation? What interesting effect might this produce in terms of extended littoral zones and coastline changes?