Definition
Typically sets seaward and is often stronger and longer-lasting than the flood in rivers, because freshwater discharge reinforces it and the channel cross-section is smaller at low water. An ebb running against a fresh onshore wind creates steep, breaking seas over bars and in tidal gates, so bar entries are normally timed for the last of the flood or slack rather than the ebb.
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