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High tides occur when the water is at its highest. Tides are caused by the combined effects of the rotation of the earth and the gravitational forces of the sun and the moon.
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What are the two of tides?
Low tides and high tides. they both come twice a day. the moon determens the tide.
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).
What are tides that cause flooding called?
In some areas, there is something known as "extreme tides"or "spring tides" where the low tides are really low and the high tides are really high. In some areas, these spring tides can be so extreme that the tide difference is several feet. When the high tide comes in from these extreme spring tides, they quickly come in, at several meters per sec, and flood the entire beach area. Tourists that come to places like these are usually unaware of the dangers associated with extreme spring tides and drown when they are on the beach when the tide comes in. Signs are posted at these beaches to warn visitors of these dangerous extreme spring tides.
How many ocean tides come in in 5 minutes?
In general, true tides hit two maxima and two minima per day, i.e. 2 'high tides' and 2 'low tides' in 24 hours.
When the tides are especially weak the tides are called?
During spring tides, the sea comes in far up the beach, and goes out a long way.During neap tides, the sea doesn't come in as high up the beach, or goes out as far.
What happen when a bear high tides come in?
They eat all of the food they can get. They also hide
How many high tides in a week?
There are 14 high 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.
How high is the high tides and how low is the low tides?
Fifteen thousand feet.
When low tides and high tides occur simultaneously?
High tide nimo
When high tides are higher than normal what tides do they make neap or spring tides?
it makes spring tides. the way i remenber that is springs go high and and spring tides are higher than neap tides.
Explain how high tides and low tides occur?
high tides occurs when the river climbs and heavy rain falls
