I've been told that the Mediterranean sea doesn't have tides. Is this true and if so, why not?
2007-06-16 02:24:44 · 8 answers · asked by londonstu 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
there are tides...just it's a land locked semi-enclosed area so the effects of the tides are minimized....hell even bodies like the great lakes are said to have tides.....so the med sea definitely has a tide....
2007-06-16 15:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by Yogaflame 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are small tids.
The relative absence of tides is because the mediterranean is almost enclosed.
Except for the straits of Gib and Suez it is enclosed, together with the Black sea.
2007-06-16 08:53:49 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not true we do have tides, i live in the med so i should know!
2007-06-18 09:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by superstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are tides, but very small, as it's a landlocked sea with only a narrow connection to the Atlantic.
2007-06-16 03:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There ARE tides, but they are so small as to be almost not noticeable.
Its all down to the pull of the moon.
2007-06-16 02:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's simply not a large enough body of water, I guess. Instead, the water sloshes about, like in a bath. So there are tides, of a sort.
2007-06-16 02:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only during the holiday season June - September.
2007-06-16 02:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
There are tides - you've beent old wrong.
2007-06-16 02:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by .richard. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋