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Morecambe Bay covers an area of 310 square km.
It is the largest intertidal area in the UK.
It is broad and shallow with a
tidal range of up to 10.5 metres.
The ebbing tide can fall back up to 12km.
The tide can reach speeds up to 9 knots.
Kent, Keer, Leven, Lune and Wyre rivers flow into Morecambe Bay.
There have been plans to build a barrage across part of the
Bay to enclose a large freshwater lake. The barrage would carry a
road which would improve links with Barrow. Other advantages of this scheme
would be the provision of a good reservoir plus tourist amenities of sailing
and fishing. But there are problems in this plan: what
would happen to the tidal movements blocked by the barrage? What
about the wildlife?
Links
[Clyde River]
[Idaho]
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