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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the Bay of Fundy extending into west-central Nova Scotia, Canada. It is connected with the bay by the Minas Channel.
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As Mr. Brison told The Globe and Mail, What could be more rural Nova Scotian than two guys and their dog standing in front of the Minas Basin.
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As Mr. Brison told The Globe and Mail, What could be more rural Nova Scotian than two guys and their dog standing in front of the Minas Basin.
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It is a deep, straight-sided, somewhat funnel-shaped bay that splits at its northeastern head into two narrow bays, Chignecto Bay and the Minas Basin.
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The head of the bay, especially the regions of the Minas Basin and Chignecto Bay experience the highest tides in the world!
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The Minas Basin at the head of the Bay of Fundy regularly shows a tidal amplitude of 16 meters between high and low spring tides.
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The high tides in the Minas Basin bring in about 14 billion metric tonnes twice daily, causing this small province to bend a little under the immense weight of the water.
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The high tides in the Minas Basin bring in about 14 billion metric tonnes twice daily, causing this small province to bend a little under the immense weight of the water.
Atlantic Ocean 2008
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The head of the bay, especially the regions of the Minas Basin and Chignecto Bay experience the highest tides in the world!
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The Minas Basin at the head of the Bay of Fundy regularly shows a tidal amplitude of 16 meters between high and low spring tides.
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By a very weird coincidence, I picked up an autographed Sophie Tucker LP at a junk shop in Maitland on the Minas Basin here in Nova Scotia on Saturday.
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