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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [narration] The easiest way to \Nexperience the Bay of Fundy region
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by following the Fundy coastal drive, \Nwhich stretches along
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New Brunswick coastline \Nfrom its border with Maine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to its border \Nwith Nova Scotia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[waves crashing]\N[♪ opening music ♪]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is forever fluctuating, and its \Nshoreline evolves with each passing wave.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the water in the Bay of Fundy \Nebbs and flows,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates a phenomena that \Noccurs nowhere else on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Located on the east coast of Canada,\Nand resting on the coastlines
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the provinces of \NNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the American state of Maine, \Nthe Bay of Fundy stretches 180 miles long,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mouth of the bay is 62 miles wide,\Nwith its depth ranging
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 400 and 700 feet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tides of the Bay of Fundy \Nare so dramatic that they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are considered the \Nhighest tides in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a few reasons \Nwhy this area of New Brunswick
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences the highest tides.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One major reason \Nis its funnel formation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the gravitational forces of \Nthe sun and moon combine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a continuum of \Ntidal action all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this unique shape of the bay allows \Nfor water to flow into a narrow point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving it no place \Nto go but up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how much water actually \Nflows into this area?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, how about \N2 hundred billion tons each day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[Richard Faulkner] Oceanographers\Ncalculate that that equals the discharge
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every single freshwater \Nriver on planet earth in a day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the one I like best, \Nif you bulldozed New Brunswick,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nova Scotia, and PEI flat, \Nand you allowed the water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accumulate from those two tides, \Nyou would actually be standing thigh-deep
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in water anywhere \Nin maritime Canada.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unbelievable.