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====== Bay of Fundy ======
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The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, and those enormous tides alone make that the Bay of Fundy is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.

The height of the tide difference ranges from 3.5 meters (11ft) along the southwest shore of Nova Scotia and steadily increases as the flood waters travel up the 280 km (174 miles) of shoreline to the head of the Bay where, in the [[Minas Basin|Minas Basin]], the height of the tide can reach an incredible 16 meters (53ft).

The force created by these mighty waters is equal to 8000 locomotives or 25 million horses at the [[Minas Channel|Minas Channel]]. During the tidal period, 115 billion tonnes of water flow in and out of the bay.  The immense energy of the tides 

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