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  • noun a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet

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Examples

  • An occurrence of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Bay of Fundy.

    Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009

  • The reason for the extreme tides are the strong Atlantic winds that push water into the Bay of Fundy, causing a rocking movement.

    Atlantic Ocean 2008

  • In the province of New Brunswick, we explored the coastal sites and rivers that Champlain had visited from Saint Croix to the St. John River and the Bay of Fundy.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Across the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick and Maine, there are other speechways.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • In the province of New Brunswick, we explored the coastal sites and rivers that Champlain had visited from Saint Croix to the St. John River and the Bay of Fundy.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • The reason for the extreme tides are the strong Atlantic winds that push water into the Bay of Fundy, causing a rocking movement.

    Atlantic Ocean 2008

  • Across the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick and Maine, there are other speechways.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Encountering squally weather again in the Bay of Fundy, we tumbled and rolled about as usual all that night and all next day.

    American Notes for General Circulation 2007

  • The tide here rises and falls twenty-four feet, and sixty at the mouth of the river, in the Bay of Fundy.

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • Near by the Bay of Fundy where the sea gulls loudly call

    Benjamin Dean 1951

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