Why is the Mediterranean not very tidal?
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It's pretty well enclosed, more like a lake than a sea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mediterrane.
Because of its narrow connection to the ocean
There are only very slight tides in the Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea due to their narrow connections with the Atlantic Ocean.
it is an almost closed narrow sea compared to open oceans
The tides in the Mediterranean Sea are very limited, due to the fact it is a small volume (relatively) of water in a contained area.
simply because of the volume of water.
there are high tides in atlantic, pacific and indian oceans because of the sheer volume of water that is affected by the moon's gravity.
the volume of water in mediteranean sea is nowhere near compared to the others, so the lack of high or heavy tides.
if you think about it the other vast oceans are actually 'one' - the names are just for us. movements in one ocean end up affecting the other sides of the land.
because it is very much enclosed, communicating with the Atlantic only via the Gibraltar straight.
what causes tides is the Earth rotating "inside" the (American) football shaped mass of water (shaped that way because of tidal force from the Moon). Where the water cannot flow freely, you get only part of the buldge, i.e. smaller tides.
it could be its almost completely surrounded in land coz africa is moving north and closing it up making it like a giant lake and so the moon pulls differntley than everywhere else?
sorry if its not true
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