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  2. Tidal (service) - Wikipedia

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    Tidal (stylized TIDAL) is a Norwegian-American music streaming service, launched in 2014 by Swedish public company Aspiro. Tidal is now majority-owned by Block, Inc. , an American payment processing company that is owned by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey .

  3. Tidal power - Wikipedia

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    Renewable energy portal. v. t. e. Tidal power or tidal energy is harnessed by converting energy from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity using various methods. Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has the potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than the wind and the sun.

  4. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an abbreviation for Cost of Equity (COE).

  5. Coastal erosion - Wikipedia

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    Tunnel-like structures formed by erosion in Jinshitan Coastal National Geopark, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms.

  6. Jetty - Wikipedia

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    A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word jetée, "thrown", signifying something thrown out. [1]

  7. Tidal barrage - Wikipedia

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    The Rance Tidal Power Station, a tidal barrage in France. A tidal barrage is a dam -like structure used to capture the energy from masses of water moving in and out of a bay or river due to tidal forces. [1] [2] Instead of damming water on one side like a conventional dam, a tidal barrage allows water to flow into a bay or river during high ...

  8. Storm surge - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami -like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the normal tidal level, and does not include waves. [1]

  9. Annapolis Royal Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    The Annapolis Tidal Station at high tide. /  44.75194°N 65.51111°W  / 44.75194; -65.51111. The Annapolis Royal Generating Station was a tidal power generating station in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. When operational, it was the only tidal generating station in North America and was one of the few in the world. [1]