alleryStart learning →Funnel-shaped bays affect the tide by:
ASilencing it entirely
BSplitting it into rivers
CGreatly changing its magnitude
DReversing its direction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Greatly changing its magnitude
1. Coastline shape works on the arriving tide.
2. Funnel-shaped bays greatly change tidal magnitudes.
3. That is part of the Bay of Fundy's secret.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 13 'Movements of Ocean Water' (kegy213)_
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