In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy
tidal bore but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend upstream.
As well as eating, there are adventure sports to be tried, extraordinary natural phenomenon to watch (such as the
tidal bore wave in the Bay of Fundy), and wildlife to be spotted everywhere, from whales and bald eagles to tiny crabs and sea anemones.
And we reported on the natural phenomenon, the River Mersey
Tidal Bore, that was expected to hit.
Cadets got to experience riding the
tidal bore and shooting the rapids in Zodiacs as the tide rushes up Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie River, past eagle nests, Acadian dykelands, a cantilever bridge, and geological formations.
The
tidal bore on the east coast continues to experience problems, no deep-rock geothermal has yet been commissioned in Canada, and the country's first concentrated solar facility will start soon in Alberta.
There's something very magical and scary about the
tidal bore when it comes in.
He said: "When the
tidal bore was out we would walk on the channels, find flat fish, put them in our little string bag and go home and cook them.
On the Severn in Gloucestershire, surfers rode a maximum level-5
tidal bore on Saturday.
Which British river is noted for its
tidal bore, a wave that runs up-river at high tide?
The Kasanka bat migration in Zambia, Carlsbad Cavern in America, Lunar rainbow in Zambia and Shubenacadie
tidal bore in Canada take the 16,17,18 and 19 spots.
The Moncton race will be staged at
Tidal Bore Park.
Disasters are said to come in threes, but Bruce Parker makes it clear they've always come in waves, and frequently provoke ingenious responses: the fact that the first tide table was devised in China is down to the
tidal bore in the Qiantang River--at more than three kilometres wide and seven metres high, it isn't surprising that local minds applied themselves to predicting its appearance.
tidal bore - a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)