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Lunar/Solar
Tides (exaggerated!)
From the text, Horizons by
Seeds
What are tides? More complex than what you see on
Baywatch!
Gravity from the moon and sun pull on Earth. Gravity weakens with distance, so the
pull is strongest on the near side, weakest on the far
side.
The sun is more massive than the moon, but farther
away, so its tidal effect is smaller.
Actual flow of water around the world is very complex
and not fully understood!