http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highesttide.html http://mypages.iit.edu/~johnsonpo/smart00/lesson4.htm#highest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Alastair, >> >> > The padlock probably could use more space below it, but still looks >> good. >> >> > I perused the gallery and was interested in how the boats were tied > off. >> >> > I've never seen boats tied off with such long lines. >> >> > Is it a tidal thing? >> > >> > the north coast of Cornwall has one of the highest tidal rises & falls >> > in the world. >> >> Never really thought about it before, but why is that? > > trying to fit a lot of water into an increasingly small area I suppose. The > Bristol Channel is a long thin wedge shape bounded by cliffs. At some points > in that channel it is the second highest tide in the world apparently - > twice as high as here in Greenwich, and I never cease to be amazed at the > difference here between low and high tide. > > Bob > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
