Concept information

Preferred term

tide  

Definition

  • The periodic rise and fall of the water resulting from gravitational interaction between the sun, moon and earth. In each lunar day of 24 hours and 49 minutes there are two high tides and two low tides.

Broader concept

Belongs to group

In other languages

URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8480

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 9/8/04, last modified 9/8/04