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• Coriolis and tidal motion in shelf seas
  ...'s rotation ([[Coriolis acceleration]]). Tidal waves turn around so-called amphidromic points, where the vertical motion is almost nil. At some distance from the ...rectangular semi-enclosed basin with uniform depth. The dots indicate the amphidromic points. ]]
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• Morphology of estuaries
  ...systems are indicated that can be considered similar from a morphological point of view. ...is small (about 1 m) because the river mouth coincides with an amphidromic point of the tidal system in the Bohai Sea. Alongshore tidal currents are substan
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• Ocean and shelf tides
  ...s very small compared to ocean depths. The ocean tidal oscillation in each point can therefore be represented by a linear superposition of sinusoidal tidal ...s (i.e., the principal lunar semidiurnal component); it forms a pattern of amphidromic systems. This ocean tidal wave pattern can be described to a first approxim
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