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Categories: Fluid dynamics, Tidal bores, Articles with short description, River surfing, Wave mechanics

tidal bore bore eagre aegir eager

A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) WordNet 3.0

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A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current. Wikipedia

A type of tidal wave Wikipedia Disambiguation

Water wave traveling upstream a river or narrow bay due to incoming tide Wikidata

A wave caused by an incoming tide traveling up an estuary. OmegaWiki

A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave. Wiktionary

Sudden and rapid flow of tide. Wiktionary (translation)

A tidal bore. Wiktionary

A wave, in the form of a wall of water, formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary. Wiktionary

A wall of water formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary. Wiktionary (translation)

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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

DIFFERENT FROM

tidal wave

HAS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR

bay

mouth

tide

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British English orthography

American English orthography

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager

Wikipedia

tidal bore

Wikidata

tidal bore

Wiktionary

bore, eagre, tidal bore

OmegaWiki

aegir, bore, eager, eagre, eygre, tidal bore

Wikipedia Redirections

Bohr Tide, bore tide, Eagre, Eygre, mascaret, tidal bores, Whelp (tidal bore)

Wikidata Alias

aegir, eagre