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Why are there two high tides each day?

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Why are there two high tides each day?

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The effect of the moon (and to a lesser extent the sun) is to cause two bulges in the earth — on the side facing the moon and the side opposite the moon. So as the earth turns, places move through two bulges per rotation, i.e., twice a day.

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