English | French |
black tide | marée noire |
blue tide | marée bleue |
flood tide | marée montante |
flood tide | flux |
green tide A proliferation of a marine green plankton toxic and often fatal to fish, perhaps stimulated by the addition of nutrients | marée verte |
green tide | marée verte |
height of the tide | hauteur de la marée |
high tide water | marée haute |
high tide water The level of water when the tide is at its highest level | marée haute |
high water of spring tides | pleine mer de vive eau |
low-tide elevations | hauts-fonds découvrants |
poisonous tide | eaux rouges |
poisonous tide | marée rouge |
red tide | marée rouge |
red tide Sea water which is covered or discoloured by the sudden growth of algal bloom or by a great increase in single-celled organisms, dinoflagellates. Red tides are often fatal to many forms of marine life and, in some cases, can result in human deaths because the dinoflagellates are eaten by clams and mussels which concentrate the paralysing toxins which they produce | marée rouge |
red tide | eaux rouges |
red tides | marées rouges |
rising tide | flux |
rising tide | marée montante |
rising tide | flot |
tide prediction | prévision des marées |
tide race | raz de marée |
tide race | mascaret |