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Tremendous Tides in Broad Sound

Tremendous Tides in Broad Sound

Norman Kuring/NASA’s Ocean Color Web, NASA

Across most of Earth’s coasts, tides typically vary no more than two meters from high to low. At Broad Sound, though, daily high tide can stand as much as ten meters above the low—the largest tidal swings on the eastern shore of Australia.

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