• Slack tide or slack water is the short period in a body of tidal water when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in...
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  • "Slack Water" is the tenth episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on NBC on May 3, 2012. Written...
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    Canal (category Water transport infrastructure)
    stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge, generally requiring an external water source...
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    Tide (redirect from High water)
    called slack water or slack tide. The tide then reverses direction and is said to be turning. Slack water usually occurs near high water and low water, but...
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    the closing gap is minimized; thus, the operation is conducted during slack water. Given the extremely brief period during which the current is genuinely...
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  • evening, Buckley went swimming fully dressed in Wolf River Harbor, a slack water channel of the Mississippi River, singing the chorus of Led Zeppelin's...
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    Formed during periods of slack water, mud suspended in the water is deposited on top of small formations of sand once the water's velocity has reached zero...
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    stream in the United States. Large bodies of water include Lake Pine Bluff, Lake Langhofer (Slack Water Harbor), and the Arkansas River. The area along...
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    Thus, unlike most situations where slack water is at high and low tides, in the case of the Falls of Lora slack water occurs when the levels on either side...
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    the female producing 600 eggs which drift downstream. Juveniles occupy slack water habitats and migrate upstream to the breeding ground. The lifespan of...
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    semi-diurnal tides and the river influence, slack water occurs at approximately half tide and not at high or low water as at most other ports. The port is administered...
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    or Schuylkill Navigation, was a system of interconnected canals and slack-water pools along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, built...
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    temporary boat used for river transport in eastern North America before slack-water canals (a lock system and appropriate dams allowing two way travel) and...
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  • Little Friend" was highly anticipated by commentators. In a review for "Slack Water", The A.V. Club claimed that "Say Hello to My Little Friend" would be...
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    is the beginning of slack water (Tims Ford Lake) caused by the Tims Ford Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The slack water extends upstream to the...
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    local knowledge, passage should only be attempted in quiet weather at slack water." Rogerson, Simon (1 March 2003). "Diving: Perfect places to take the...
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    NBC. Noelle Valdivia (writer); Nick Gomez (director) (May 3, 2012). "Slack Water". Awake. Season 1. Episode 10. NBC. Howard Gordon & Evan Katz (teleplay);...
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    Forge (redirect from Slack tub)
    brine instead; many metals require more than plain water hardening. The slack tub also provides water to control the fire in the forge. A forge typically...
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    Upper Rideau Lake (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
    highest elevation Upper Rideau Lake is not at the top of the watershed. Water flows north to the Rideau River and there is no flow south to the Cataraqui...
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    (USACE) began work on the dam in 1952 and completed it five years later. Slack water created by the dam submerged Celilo Falls, the economic and cultural...
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    Lehigh's water gap where Broad Mountain, Nesquehoning Mountain, Pisgah Ridge, and Mauch Chunk Mountain all funnel waters into the long slack water pool where...
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    Welsh mainland. The sea crossing would be short and relatively easy at slack water, but at full strength the tidal currents can be up to 7.5 knots with...
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    Union Navy, albeit only engaging wooden enemy ships and making use of slack water in the harbor. Having to add heavier armor in the later stages of the...
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  • give more precise information. Areas of slack water may be indicated by no arrows or the words "slack water". UK Admiralty Tidal Atlases show speed in...
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    ridge face. Jim Thorpe's developed elevations range between the river slack water at 540 feet (160 m) above sea level—720 feet (219.5 m) to the town's...
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    north-northeast and east-southeast of the Mid Haisbro light buoy. Except at slack water their positions are indicated by tidal eddies particularly on the northwest...
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    little protection from the fierce tidal flow, so accurate timing for slack water is required. During the 19th century the island was used as a navigational...
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  • This dam impounds the Obey for essentially its entire length, causing slack water well up both major tributaries, the East and West Forks. This lake is...
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    Democracy". Center for the Study of Democracy. Retrieved August 24, 2019. "SlackWater takes St. Mary's oral histories, essays online: Project continues, but...
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  • into the sea and disappears. Right afterwards, the Pequod is stuck in slack water for days. Casting bones to read his future, Queequeg foresees his death...
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