he weather channel shows us the latest in weather phenomenon - and there is a falls that reverses in Britain with the high winds in March. It is the Kinder Downfall in England. That's a lot of water flying upwards to the top of the cliff in the video.
I wonder how many reversing waterfalls there in the world. I find out that I hadn't appreciated the Reversing Falls Rapids in St. John N.B. It is the world's greatest example of a reversing tide, and the only waterfall with the name reversing falls. How does a river be a reversing waterfall? Here's the extract:
"Twice each day 100 billion tons of water, a volume equal to all of the world’s rivers … enters and exits the Bay of Fundy. At this location, water levels rise as much as 9 meters or 28 feet in a tidal cycle. Reversing Falls Rapids experiences two tidal cycles daily resulting in 2 low tides and 2 high tides. Each complete cycle is roughly 12 hours and 10 minutes. Between the tidal extremes is a calm period known as “slack tide”, this condition lasts for just 20 minutes and is the only time vessels can safely pass through the gorge.
Why Reversing “Falls” Rapids? If you could see beneath the water, you would find rocky ledges near the surface stretching from the pulp mill to the Reversing Falls bridge, these create the rapids. Then immediately after the bridge, the river bed plunges 60 meters or 200 feet into a massive pool, deep enough to cover the 15 story Saint John City Hall building.
Interestingly, five thousand years ago, sea level was 30 meters or 100 feet lower in this area. Native people living here at that time enjoyed an impressive waterfall!" More of the story is HERE.
So many secrets can live below water.
This row of apple trees was on Blezard Drive in Beamsville. They are gone now, but their promise of Spring blossoms remains. This is a road on the lake, so if you google Blezard Drive, you will find mansions on the Lake for sale.
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