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>> [narration] The easiest way to [br]experience the Bay of Fundy region

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is by following the Fundy coastal drive, [br]which stretches along

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the New Brunswick coastline [br]from its border with Maine,

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to its border [br]with Nova Scotia.

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[waves crashing][br][♪ opening music ♪]

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It is forever fluctuating, and its [br]shoreline evolves with each passing wave.

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As the water in the Bay of Fundy [br]ebbs and flows,

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it creates a phenomena that [br]occurs nowhere else on the planet.

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Located on the east coast of Canada,[br]and resting on the coastlines

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of the provinces of [br]New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,

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and the American state of Maine, [br]the Bay of Fundy stretches 180 miles long,

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and the mouth of the bay is 62 miles wide,[br]with its depth ranging

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between 400 and 700 feet.

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The tides of the Bay of Fundy [br]are so dramatic that they

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are considered the [br]highest tides in the world.

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There are a few reasons [br]why this area of New Brunswick

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experiences the highest tides.

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One major reason [br]is its funnel formation.

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As the gravitational forces of [br]the sun and moon combine

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to create a continuum of [br]tidal action all over the world,

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this unique shape of the bay allows [br]for water to flow into a narrow point,

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leaving it no place [br]to go but up.

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So how much water actually [br]flows into this area?

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Well, how about [br]2 hundred billion tons each day.

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>>[Richard Faulkner] Oceanographers[br]calculate that that equals the discharge

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of every single freshwater [br]river on planet earth in a day.

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And the one I like best, [br]if you bulldozed New Brunswick,

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Nova Scotia, and PEI flat, [br]and you allowed the water

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to accumulate from those two tides, [br]you would actually be standing thigh-deep

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in water anywhere [br]in maritime Canada.

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Unbelievable.