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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] The easiest way to \Nexperience the Bay of Fundy region
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.68,0:00:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by following the Fundy coastal drive, \Nwhich stretches along
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.21,0:00:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New Brunswick coastline \Nfrom its border with Maine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.71,0:00:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to its border \Nwith Nova Scotia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.53,0:00:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[waves crashing]\N[♪ opening music builds ♪]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.84,0:00:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] It is forever fluctuating, \Nand its shoreline evolves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.63,0:00:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each passing wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.81,0:00:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the water in the Bay of Fundy \Nebbs and flows,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.28,0:00:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates a phenomena that \Noccurs nowhere else on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.63,0:00:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Located on the east coast of Canada,\Nand resting on the coastlines
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.10,0:00:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the provinces of \NNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.88,0:00:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the American state of Maine, \Nthe Bay of Fundy stretches 180 miles long,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.79,0:00:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mouth of the bay is 62 miles wide,\Nwith its depth ranging
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.28,0:00:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 400 and 700 feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.63,0:01:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tides of the Bay of Fundy \Nare so dramatic that they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.01,0:01:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are considered the \Nhighest tides in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.77,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a few reasons \Nwhy this area of New Brunswick
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences the highest tides.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.16,0:01:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One major reason \Nis its funnel formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.99,0:01:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the gravitational forces of \Nthe sun and moon combine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.39,0:01:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a continuum of \Ntidal action all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.39,0:01:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this unique shape of the bay allows \Nfor water to flow into a narrow point,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.79,0:01:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving it no place \Nto go but up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.91,0:01:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how much water actually \Nflows into this area?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.50,0:01:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, how about \N2 hundred billion tons each day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.26,0:01:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[Richard Faulkner] Oceanographers\Ncalculate that that equals the discharge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.26,0:01:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every single freshwater \Nriver on planet earth in a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.72,0:01:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the one I like best, \Nif you bulldozed New Brunswick,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.17,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nova Scotia, and PEI flat, \Nand you allowed the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.39,0:01:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accumulate from those two tides, \Nyou would actually be standing thigh-deep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:02:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in water anywhere \Nin maritime Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.27,0:02:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unbelievable.