flood tides
Incoming ocean swells
Flood tides are the incoming tides—the period when water rises from low tide toward high tide.
The term contrasts with ebb tides, which flow outward.
Figuratively, a flood tide suggests a powerful surge or rising momentum: a flood tide of immigration, the flood tide of public opinion turning against the policy.
- inflowsStreams entering something
- moon phasesShifting illumination of satellite
- lunar cycleMoon's orbital period
- water levelHeight of liquid surface
- rising watersIncreasing water levels
gravitational pull · ocean swells · storm surge · sea level rise · ebb and flow · flushes · high water mark · chart datum · excesses · peaks · fluxes · deluge · seiche · cascades · avalanches · waterfalls · outflows · rip currents
- tidesebb, slack water, ebb and flow, flow, Bay of Fundy
flood tidesebb tides
Receding coastal waters
ebb · outflow · reflux · low tide · slack water
flood tidesebb
Gradual retreat seaward
recession · decline · retreat · withdrawal · draining away
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