... Pretty night view of a natural wonder🌊... Reversing Falls Rapids records the highest tidal range in the world and is located within an impressive rocky gorge... twice a day, the huge incoming tides force back the flow of Saint John River, creating white-water-tinged whirlpools, waves, and rapids, before reversing in the opposite direction.... during low tide, the river runs over the falls into the Bay of Fundy at a very rapid rate... during times of high tide, the Bay of Fundy reverses the flow of the river at such a rate that salt water can be detected 90km up river... the Reversing Falls are a popular site in Saint John and a major unique tourist attraction in the area... Thanks a lot dear Andrene! ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ) Hope you had a wonderful vacation!🚢⛱️
The Reversing Falls Rapids gorge through which the Saint John River flows was created 11,000 years ago. As the ice ages receded water flows increased off the land. The force of moving ice, water and sediment broke a new route to the ocean here.
Today the Saint John River has a large watershed of 56 thousand kilometers. The watershed reaches from Maine USA in the west and Quebec in the north to lands covering one-third of New Brunswick.
All water passes through the narrow gorge here at the Reversing Falls Rapids and enters the Bay of Fundy.
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