2007-05-26 07:52:32 · 21 answers · asked by ted b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
That would be the Arctic Ocean. Due to it's proximity to the North Pole, the gravitational tides would be greatly reduced compared to the effect at the equator. Actually, there is no place on Earth (or anywhere else for that matter ) that is "non-tidal". Gravity influences everything in the universe, big or small, to some degree.
2007-05-26 15:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by drunkandisorderly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's nice to see so many wrong answers! Technically the Dead Sea is non tidal, however it is really an inland lake, not a sea.
The smallest tidal ranges occur in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Caribbean Seas.
A point within a tidal system where the tidal range is almost zero is called an amphidromic point.
Amphidromic points occur because of the coriolis effect and interference within oceanic basins and bays creating a wave pattern which rotates around the amphidromic point. At the amphidromic point, there is almost no vertical movement. There can be tidal currents as the water levels on either side of the amphidromic point are not the same.
Amphidromic points occur at Tahiti, off the coast of Newfoundland, near the South Shetlands, midway between Rio de Janeiro and Angola, at three points in the North Sea and in general at several more points in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. The island of Madagascar is an amphidromic point, as is New Zealand.
M2 is the largest (semidirunal) tidal constituent. The amplitude is half of the full tidal range. Cotidal points means they reach high tide at the same time and low tide at the same time, and the low tide lags or leads by 1 hr from its neighboring lines. Where the lines meet are amphidromes and the tide rotates around them, for example, from Alaska to Baja California and along Chile the tide propagates southward, and from Peru to southern Mexico the tide propagates northward.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amphidromic...
2007-05-27 06:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All seas are tidal to some degree but those that have smallest tidal ranges are termed 'micro-tidal'. Examples include the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Any sea with restricted connection to the oceans will typically have a limited tidal range and the effects of tides will be neglible.
2007-05-27 00:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to be technical all seas are tidal to some degree .Even the water in the dead sea must respond to some degree to the pull of the moon`s gravity,that being mainly responsible for tidal forces.
2007-05-26 15:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by J M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I take it you are talking about the Earth.
Any expanse of water is tidal, you can`t have one sea as tidal and another, not.
2007-05-28 08:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Spanner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mediterranean Sea.
2007-05-26 14:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by Martyn A 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Red sea.
2007-05-26 20:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Angel Bonnie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Inland seas
2007-05-27 16:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by Groovio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even the small lakes have a very small tidal effect.
2007-05-26 18:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The black sea went on hol's to bulgaria and sea does not move in and out really weird!
2007-05-26 14:56:19 · answer #10 · answered by ???? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋