SECT. 5] 



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5m depth 15m depth 



30m depth 50m depth 



75m depth lOOm depth 125m depth 



Lat. = 48°28'N; Long. = 8° 51' W. 

 Fig. 2. Observed tidal currents at the entrance to the Enghsh Channel. The figures on the 

 arrows give hours before or after the moon's transit of Greenwich. 



160 

 140 

 120 

 100 

 80- 

 60- 

 40 

 20 

 



Western German Bight 



Lat.= 54°l7'Ni Long =6° 13' E 



Deptti 8m 



Inner Germon Bight 

 Lal.= 54"'l7'N; Long =7° 14' E. 

 Deptti 8m 



River Elbe 

 Lat.= 54''N; Long.= 8''25'E. 

 Deptti 8 m 



Fig. 3. Velocity and direction of tidal currents recorded at three stations in the German 

 Bight. Velocity in centimetres per second; direction in degrees. 



