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Ebb tide
Rowboat is beached as the tide ebbs, near Dunedin, Otago Peninsula, South Island, N.Z.
ebb tide
oceanography
Also known as: falling tide
ebb tide, seaward flow in estuaries or tidal rivers during a tidal phase of lowering water level. The reverse flow, occurring during rising tides, is called the flood tide. See tide.
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