Tidal effects

Connected Sites: 19

Definition
WHS showing remarkable tidal changes or other tidal effects.

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Connected Sites

  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.17
    334
    17
    tidal island - The tides can vary greatly, at roughly 14 metres (46 ft) between high and low water marks (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • The Sundarbans
    The Sundarbans
    Bangladesh
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.82
    30
    2
    The landscape is dynamic, constantly moulded and altered by tidal action (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.54
    20
    4
    the world’s largest intertidal mudflat + ... Due to the tidal asymmetry (fast flood tides and slow ebb tides), the sediments transported by tides can be accumulated in the intertidal zone (nom file)
  • Sundarbans National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.76
    28
    6
    "Tidal waves are a regular phenomenon and may be up to 75m high. The land is constantly being changed, moulded and shaped by the action of the tides." (AB ev)
  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.06
    293
    11
    Complex tide-dominated barrier coast (not deltaic). (AB)
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    58
    10
    The Isla de los Pajaros is an 18 ha island 800m off the southeast coast of Golfo San José connected to the mainland at low tide (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.77
    73
    8
    Fundy Bay with the highest tides in the world. The beach cannot be visited during high tides.
  • Gulf of California
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.50
    78
    6
    tidal mixing associated to tides that can reach over 10m high (AB ev)
  • Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.71
    42
    6
    diverse tidal flat ecosystems. Whilst all component parts are representative of archipelagic tidal flats in the Yellow Sea, each component part represents one of four tidal flat subtypes of Getbol: the estuarine type, open embayed type, archipelago type and semi-enclosed type. (AB ev)
  • Bordeaux
    Bordeaux
    France
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.26
    260
    7
    Garonne's tidal bore (un mascaret)
  • Bijagos Archipelago
    Guinea-Bissau
    Inscribed: 2025
    5
    1

    it has the greatest tidal range in the region (AB ev)
  • West Lake
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.30
    141
    6
    part of the inscription zone include Qiantang River bank where the Qiantang Tidal Bore which is the world largest occured
  • Lorentz National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.34
    4
    1
    tidal swamps (Coastal WHS)
  • Komodo National Park
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.78
    88
    7
    high degree of oxygenation resulting from the strong tidal currents (Coastal WHS)
  • Itsukushima Shrine
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.57
    212
    11
    the shrine is designed by use the tidal effect to make the place look floating
  • Grand Pré
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.51
    80
    9
    marked by one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world, averaging at 11.6 metres (Unesco)
  • Dorset and East Devon Coast
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.33
    203
    14
    a tidal lagoon known as The Fleet, one of the most important saline lagoons in Europe (Coastal WHS)
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    17
    4
    "AdRBR offers spectacular scenes associated with the tide regime. At high tide only two sandy islands and some isolated rock formations in the surrounding reef stand above water. The scene changes dramatically at low tide when the reef ring of the Atoll – a natural 1.5m wall bordered by several sandbanks – is exposed and several shallow lagoons and tidal pools are formed producing a spectacular and colourful landscape. In addition, large numbers of fish get trapped in tidal pools, transforming the atoll into a natural aquarium of great beauty" (AB ev)
  • Aldabra Atoll
    Aldabra Atoll
    Seychelles
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.21
    7
    13
    Aldabra has very large tides for a coral atoll (cf others in Pacific and Indian Oceans). This shapes the ecology e.g the undercut "Champigon" pillars. See
    See www.starlite.cz