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MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN WATERThe ocean water is dynamic. Its physicalcharacteristics like temperature,salinity, density and the externalforces like of the sun, moon and the windsinfluence the movement of ocean water. Thehorizontal and vertical motions are commonin ocean water bodies. The horizontal motionrefers to the ocean currents and waves. Thevertical motion refers to tides. Ocean currentsare the continuous flow of huge amount ofwater in a definite direction while the wavesare the horizontal motion of water. Water movesahead from one place to another through oceancurrents while the water in the waves does notmove, but the wave trains move ahead.
122 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Tides of Bay of Fundy, Canada The highest tides in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. The tidal bulge is 15 - 16 m. Because there are two high tides and two low tides every day (roughly a 24 hour period); then a tide must come in within about a six hour period. As a rough estimate ...
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