Tidal bores appear suddenly in rivers due to specific funnel-shaped estuaries and tidal ranges
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Tidal bores form suddenly when large tidal ranges push floodwaters into shallow, converging, funnel-shaped estuaries.
Evidence for · 3
Tidal bore dynamics in funnel‐shaped estuaries
2015 · cited by 75
Paper 3 notes that tidal bore occurrence in convergent estuaries can be estimated from dimensional scaling parameters where formation is tied to funnel-shaped estuaries and tidal range nonlinearity.
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Tidal bore hydrodynamics and sediment processes: 2010–2016 field observations in France
2018 · cited by 27
Paper 6 observes that tidal bores advance upstream when macro-tidal flood flows enter funnel-shaped river mouths with shallow waters.
Numerical Simulation of Tidal Bores using SPH Method
2018 · cited by 8
Paper 9 states that a tidal bore is a natural hydraulic phenomenon normally formed in funnel-shaped estuaries with large tidal ranges.