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The Bay of Fundy tide arrives as a wave

In the upper reaches the rising water forms a visible bore that travels upriver The bay's tides reach the highest range measured anywhere, roughly 16 metres in the Minas Basin. The shape of the bay matches the natural rocking period of its water, so each tide amplifies the last. The bore rolls up the Petticodiac and other rivers twice a day, and people surf it. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: In the upper reaches the rising water forms a visible bore that travels upriver. The figure is taken from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.