tidal flows
Moon-driven waters
Tidal flows are the movements of water caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun, creating the regular rise and fall of sea levels.
The term describes both the incoming flood tide and outgoing ebb tide: Tidal flows through the inlet can reach six knots.
Engineers and mariners track tidal flows for navigation, power generation, and coastal management.
- gyresRotating circular movements
- tidal currentsWater movement from gravitational pull
- upwellingDeep water rising surfaceward
- tidal resonanceAmplified sea oscillations
- tidal poolCoastal depression holding seawater
tidal bore · tidal range · tidal amplitude · currents · lunar cycle · coastal erosion · eddies · moon · ocean currents · gravitational · ebb · twice daily · channels · coastal waters · pull · neap · waves · turbines
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
- ocean currentsGulf Stream, ocean current, surface currents, deep currents, deep current
tidal flowswave action
Motion of ocean swells
storm surge · river currents · swell · surface waves · ocean swells
tidal flowsslack water
Motionless tidal period
still water · stagnant water · dead water · standing water · slack tide