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How do tides affect estuaries?
Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water where ocean salt water and fresh water mix. Estuaries vary in salt content. When tides rise, their salinity rises. When the tide falls, the estuary has a lower salinity. Some estuaries are protected and are not affected as much as others.
What are two high tides and two low tides a day called?
High tides, low tides, spring tides (which are maximum high tides) and neap tides (which are the lowest of low tides).
How high is the high tides and how low is the low tides?
Fifteen thousand feet.
Why do seamen consider high and low tides in their journey?
They consider high and low tides in their journey because if it is high tide the water level will be high but if it is low tides the water level is low.
Which happens more high or low tides?
Low tides
What is a macrotidal and microtidal estuary?
A macrotidal estuary experiences large tidal variations, with significant differences between high and low tide levels. In contrast, a microtidal estuary has smaller tidal variations, with minimal differences between high and low tide levels. These tidal ranges affect factors such as sediment transport, water circulation, and ecosystem dynamics within estuarine environments.
What are tides that are not very high and not very low called?
Tides that are not very high and not very low are called neap tides.
Do lakes experience high and low tides?
No, lakes do not experience high and low tides like oceans do. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the Earth's oceans, but lakes are not affected in the same way due to their smaller size and lack of connection to the open sea.
What is the difference between deltas and estuaries?
The difference between deltas and estuaries is deltas consist of fertile lands while estuaries do not. In addition, deltas are created in low tide regions where estuaries stem from high tides.
Something on earth affected by the pull of gravity from the moon?
The tides on Earth are affected by the pull of gravity from the moon. This gravitational force causes the ocean to bulge on the side of the Earth facing the moon and on the opposite side, creating high and low tides.
What is it called when high tides are higher and low tides are lower than normal?
High tides. The others are called low tides.
What are between high and low tides?
medium tides
