TIDAL CYCLES

SEMIDIURNAL TIDAL CYCLE

 A cycle with two nearly equal high tides and low tides every lunar
day.
 They have a period of 12 hours and 25 min, and a wavelength of
more than half the circumference of Earth.

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DIURNAL TIDAL CYCLE

 A cycle with only one high and low tide each lunar day.
 Diurnal tidal cycles can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and on
the East coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

MIXED TIDAL CYCLE 

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 a cycle with two high and low tides with different sizes each lunar
day.
 The difference in height between successive high (or low) tides is
called the diurnal inequality.
 Areas with a mixed tidal cycle can be found alongside the West
cost of the USA, in parts of Australia and in South East Asia.

FLOOD CURRENT

 current created by an incoming tide 

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EBB CURRENT

 Current created by an outgoing tide

SLACK TIDE

 Period of little water movement between an incoming and

outgoing tide
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TIDAL VOLUME

 The volume difference of an area between low and high tides

TIDAL PRISM

 The volume difference of an area between low and high tides

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TIDAL BORES

 A wave that moves up a river with an incoming tide

A large tidal volume moving through a large area may create only a weak
tidal current, as the volume is spread over a wide area. 

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A narrow area may produce a strong tidal current even if the tidal volume
is small, as all of the water is forced through a small area. It follows that
the strongest tidal currents will result from a large tidal range moving
through a narrow area.

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If the incoming tidal current is stronger than the river outflow, the tidal
bore appears as a wave, or moving wall of water that moves up the river as
the tide comes in
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