How Tides Work
Description
The astronomical forces, ocean bulges, and celestial alignments that produce high, low, spring, and neap tides.
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Earth
Farside Tidal Bulge
Inertial Counterforce
Low Tide Trough
Lunar Gravitational Pull
Moon
Neap Tide Alignment (Quadrature)
Nearside Tidal Bulge
Spring Tide Alignment (Syzygy)
Sun