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high tide
noun
- the tide at its highest level of elevation.
- the time of high water.
- a culminating point:
the high tide of the revolution.
high tide
noun
- the tide at its highest level
- the time at which it reaches this
- a culminating point
high tide
- The tide when it is at its highest level at a particular time and place. The highest tides reached under normal meteorological conditions (the spring tides ) take place when the Moon and Sun are directly aligned with respect to Earth. High tides are less extreme (the neap tides ) when the Moon and Sun are at right angles. Storms and other meteorological conditions can greatly affect the height of the tides as well.
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- The time at which a high tide occurs.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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Flooding could reach up to 30 feet above the average high tide along the outer coast of Humboldt Bay and the Eureka area, and up to 50 feet toward Crescent City and Cayucos.
She said she feared an exceptionally high tide or debris flows from the hillside above could carry hazardous waste into the ocean and harm an “incredibly sensitive†coastal marine environment.
Winds gusting to 124mph had coincided with a high tide, and a surging sea was threatening to overwhelm the MacPhersons' house.
The surge from the tsunami coincided with high tide, flooding parts of Santa Cruz that had never before taken on water, pouring across parking lots and electrical transformers.
Submitted photos should be taken as close to high tide in that area as possible, the commission says.
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