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Navigation. Tides affect the depth and currents in and around coastal areas. Ships may need to navigate the waters during high tide in some areas or risk running aground. Tidal flows can also help or impede the progress of a ship in the water.
How are tides helpful?
Tides are useful, especially to the people belonging to the coastal communities and such related areas. High tides help in navigation. Tides also bring in a lot more fish closer to the shores, making it easier for the fishermen. Tides can also be harnessed to generate energy.
Why is tide Tables important to the Navigators?
Since a tide table helps to predict the height of the tide, a captain will find it easier to manoeuvre the vessel accordingly and cruise smoothly into the intended destination.
How do tides help in trade and fishing?
Tides help trade by making rivers navigable for trading ships. During high tide, the depth of water at the mouth of some rivers increase. During high tides, fish come near the cost. The fishermen mostly sail out to the open sea during low tides and then return to the coast with high tides.
Explanation: High tides help in navigation. They raise the water level close to the shores which helps the ships to arrive at the harbour more easily.
What are the positive and negative effects of tides?
1) Some tides are very high and powerfull that can killed many peoples . 2) Tides can form a Flood in city or in village near the ocean, sea , river etc , and it can destroyed all city or village . 3) Many high and powerfull tides can drown a ship in water . 5) This all are negative effects of tides .
How do tides help in fishing?
Tides move water, bringing water in and taking water out. The full and new moons normally create better fishing conditions because of the spring tides. The reason behind this is that fish are easier to catch when they are feeding and it’s the tide and currents that dictate this.
How can tides affect positively on daily life activities?
1. Fishing: Tides affect other aspects of oceanic life, including the reproductive activities of fish and ocean plants. 2. Tidal Zone Foods: Edible sea creatures like Crabs, mussels, snails, seaweed etc.
What can affect tides?
The relative distances and positions of the sun, moon and Earth all affect the size and magnitude of the Earth’s two tidal bulges. At a smaller scale, the magnitude of tides can be strongly influenced by the shape of the shoreline.