The tides and tidal circulation of Todos os Santos Bay, Northeast Brazil: a general characterization

The Todos os Santos Bay, located on northeastern Brazil, is the second largest coastal bay in the country, after São Marcos Bay. The three main drainage basins convey an average of 120 m³/s of freshwater towards the bay, the majority of it, however, held by a dam in Paraguaçu River since 1985. The o...

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Main Authors: GUILHERME C. LESSA, JOSÉ M. L. DOMINGUEZ, ABÍLIO C.S.P. BITTENCOURT, ARNO BRICHTA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2001-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652001000200009