Tide

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.

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    The traveler hastens toward the town,
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    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)