tidal bore
Upstream ocean wave
A tidal bore is a wave that travels up a river or narrow bay when an incoming tide meets the outgoing current.
The collision of forces creates a visible wall of water that moves upstream, sometimes powerfully enough to surf on.
Famous examples occur on the Amazon, the Severn in England, and China's Qiantang River.
Tidal mixing zone
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- funnelCone directing flow
- channelPassage for transmission
lunar cycle · gravitational pull · oceanography · hydrodynamics · ebb and flow · sedimentation · currents · earth science
Overwhelming surge of water
- swellIncrease in size
- uprushSudden upward surge
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
inrush · gush · roar · rumble · wall of water · crest · whitecap · foam
Tidal mixing zone
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
tributary · current · bank · floodplain · channel · streamflow · watershed · erosion
Riding waves standing up
- kayakingNavigating slim watercraft seated
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- tourismLeisure travel sector
photography · extreme sports · timing · adventure · danger · warning · safety
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
channel · lunar cycle · gravitational pull · oceanography · hydrodynamics · ebb and flow · sedimentation · currents · earth science · inlet
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
flood · inrush · gush · roar · rumble · wall of water · crest · whitecap · foam · splash
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
riparian · tributary · current · bank · floodplain · channel · streamflow · watershed · erosion · hydrology
surfing
Riding waves standing up
- kayakingNavigating slim watercraft seated
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- viewpointWay of seeing things
tourism · photography · extreme sports · timing · adventure · danger · warning · safety
- phenomenanorthern lights, eclipse, earthquake, solar eclipse, volcanic eruption
- natural wondersnorthern lights, aurora borealis, auroras, rainbows, Great Barrier Reef
- Ocean Phenomenatsunami, rogue wave, ocean current, swells, whirlpool
- water motionsplash, pour, flow, trickle, gush
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
- coastal processeswaves, currents, surf, breakers, swash
tidal boreebb tide
Receding ocean current
falling tide · low tide · reflux · neap tide
tidal boreslack water
Motionless tidal period
slack tide · still water · neap tide · low tide · flat water
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