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Fundy

Fundy

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A large bay on Canada's Atlantic coast with the highest tides in the world
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfʌndi/
translation icon : Bahía de Fundy
  • Currently, the Bay of Fundy is among the twenty-eight finalists for the seven wonders of the world?
  • the Bay of Fundy

Examples

  • The Parrsboro Shore is a spectacular, rugged coastline with several picturesque rock formations carved out by the tides of Fundy at Economy and Five Islands, and there are several striking waterfalls not too far off the route.

    Academic text (1999)
  • So, we get a couple of feet of tide in Florida and 40 feet in the Bay of Fundy, normally.

    Blog text (15)
  • Sampling the Bay of Fundy

    Academic text (2000)
  • Rare whale population rebounds in the Bay of Fundy in Canada.

    Blog text (20)
  • The rare whales are rebounding at a rate of 2 percent per year in the Bay of Fundy.

    Blog text (20)
  • The estuaries of British Columbia and the Bay of Fundy in Canada are also home to many salmon-growing operations.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In autumn, the land around the Bay of Fundy is a feeding and staging site for more than a million sandpipers and plovers headed for South America.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Farm-raised salmon are grown in net pens in estuaries in Canada's Bay of Fundy and in British Columbia, and in coastal bays in Maine and Washington in the United States.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Pohle also recently completed a 5-year study of the benthic organisms in and around salmon net pens at Letang Inlet, in the Bay of Fundy, home to one of the densest salmon operations on the Atlantic coast.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy boast the highest tides on Earth.

Synonyms

Bay of Fundy
vsFundy
1 4.4

A large bay in Canada between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with very high tides

is an alternate name used for the same geographical feature

Compounds

1 4.4

A large bay in Canada between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with very high tides

Surface Forms

Fundy main

Etymology

Fundy may come from an old French or Portuguese root like fond or fundo meaning 'deep' or 'bottom', because the bay is very deep and has the world's highest tides. So the name reminds us of the bay's great depth and strong tides.