WHY THE BLACK SEA HAS NO TIDE?

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In the Black Sea tides occur regardless of the World ocean as the tidal waves do not pass through the narrow Straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. Tidal forces are related to the different strength of the lunar gravity acting on the part of any of the waters are not equally distant from the moon. The Black sea is an order of magnitude smaller in diameter than the whole Earth with the oceans. Therefore, as there is less and tidal forces. The water in the sea actually only rocks as in the basin: amplitude of the tides on the East coast, in Batumi, reaches 13 cm in the West, in Burgas, is 10-11 cm, and on the southern coast the sea level rise does not exceed 1 see The strong tides, up to 18 cm, occur in Karkinitsky and Yagorlytsky bays.

21 meter reach of the tides in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of Canada and the United States. This is the highest tidal wave in the world.