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'''Tides''' are one of the most reliable phenomena in the world. As the sun rises in the east and the stars come out at night, we are confident that the ocean waters will regularly rise and fall along our shores. [http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/tides01_intro.html] At their peak, tides are known to be at '''high tide''', at their nadir, tides are known to be at '''low tide'''.

'''Tides''' are the rise and fall of water levels in larger bodies of water. Every day, there are two "high tides," when the water levels rise, and two "low tides," when water levels fall.

Tides on the [[Earth]] result from the [[Moon]]'s gravity, which is just enough stronger on the near side of the earth to attract ocean water more than on the far side. Fishermen, sailors and other observers have long noted that the twice-daily cycle of high tides and low tides  corresponds to the moon's orbit.

Tides are one of the most reliable phenomena in the world. <ref>http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/tides01_intro.html</ref> Tides on the [[Earth]] result from the [[Moon]]'s gravity, which is just enough stronger on the near side of the earth to attract ocean water more than on the far side. Fishermen, sailors and other observers have long noted that the twice-daily cycle of high tides and low tides  corresponds to the Earth's rotation under the moon.

 

When the moon is collinear with the sun and the Earth, then tides are stronger; when it forms an angle with the Earth and the sun, tides are weaker.

 

==See also==

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