What place in the world has the highest tides and what are the peak heights (within 3 meters or 10 ft)?
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What place in the world has the highest tides and what are the peak heights (within 3 meters or 10 ft)?
I can't remember the name, but it is in the northeastern part of the U.S. I think???
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Originally Posted by Tazio
I know the Bay of Fundy has the largest tidal extremes, meaning the difference between low and high tides, at I believe over 50ft. Is this what you're looking for?
:stareup:That's the one I was thinking of dawg!
and it is partially in the U.S. although the majority is in Canada
Also:
The Canadian Hydrographic Service finally declared it a statistical tie, with measurements of a 16.8 metre tidal range in Leaf Basin for Ungava Bay and 17 metres at Burntcoat Head for the Bay of Fundy.
So what are you trying to say Tazio? :p:
Two things dukie; 1) If it is Fundy than I was partially (sort of/ almost correct), B) there also seems to be some discrepancy, as to whether the other bay in Canada (Ungava) gets just as high Baggie!! ;)
Blondie. :p (anyone get it:erm: )
You are correct. The tides reach as much as 53 ft or 16 m. The mouth of the bay, from the tip of Nova Scotia to the coast, is just about opposite from the border at Calais Maine, so no part is in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
This is an image croppd from a Google street view. What is the significance of the innocent looking wooden fence at the end of the lane?
Hint, it's in Canada.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/...c278b862_c.jpg
Is it actually on a border of something?
Expand please... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
The border with the USA?
Unless it's in BC, then it's the border with North Mexico. :p:p
The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry dukie!!!
Yes, it forms a (highly secure :p: ) portion of the border between Canada and the USA. The house visible on the other side is in Washington State whereas the Canadian side is in Tsawwassen, a suburb just south of Vancouver. More significantly, although technically not an enclave, the US side is one of a few areas that has road access only via Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Full street view link:
https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll...77.82,,0,-0.54
Depends how you dray the line from the southern tip of Nova Scotia to the closest part of the mainland. On a map that would put it right about Calais. I've also been on Grand Manan island, which is directly off the coast of Maine, yet is Canadian. So there. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
I just did one so someone else take the next one.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
This is sort of a geography Q. No actually it is a q related to something related to geography.
What does this flag represent?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ag_of_FIAV.svg
I hope ya''awl boys don't find this q too vexing
It is a knotty question.
So you have to tie the knot.......
I don't see the image :cornfused:
It's Hermann Tilke's attempt at a cloverleaf intersection design.
Alright the original Q had an addendum that practically gives away (phonetically) the answer. It's a subject we touch on quite frequently in this thread. By definition it is the scientific study of the history, symbolism and usage of ##### or, by extension, any interest in ##### in general.
Come on dawgs, this is a doable deal!!
Bit of a mean question in a geography theme.
It is the FIAV flag. The FIAV is the International Association of Vexillology - basically the study of flags and their history etc.
Sorry for the OT, carry on mate! :dork:
No criticism meant Taz :). I am a flag nerd, for some strange reason flag interest me more then they should.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
QUESTION.
By area what is the largest city in the world and where is it?
New York City? In the US.
New York is 8683 square km. The one I have in mind is much much, much bigger.
Ask yourself the question of what makes a city?
Mexico City? are you looking for a city or a metropolitan area as such?
Tokyo?
Pollution, crime & political corruption?Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
I had thought it would be New York. Not the most populous but spread over the five burroghs it covers a pretty good area.
Los Angeles?
Is it Sitka, which is not a "conventional" city as most of us think?
Everybody knows it's Kiruna, Sweden.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
Kiruna is big at 16.53 square km, but not the biggest.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Here is a clue in some countries the term city doesn't just take into account the municipal area, thi city I have in mind is one of these, they are called prefecture-level cities
Prefecture? I normally associate that with Japan, and Tokyo's rather large.
not tokyo, right part of the world, wrong country. The one I have in mind is over 260,000 square km
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