| As the Earth's speed of rotation diminishes owing to tidal friction, its angular momentum falls. |
| We detected no tidal effects on salinity or water level in the impoundment, despite reverse flow at the fishway. |
| The mangrove swamps, tidal flats and sandy isles around the lake become their home for two full months. |
| The main cause is the tidal pull of the Moon, which has slowed the day length by about two hours over the past 400 million years. |
| On the prow of the Kebako Puka a snake coils around a mountain, symbolizing the tidal wave that destroyed the Lamalerans' ancestral home. |
| Tall, leggy herons and the white snowy egrets wait patiently along the tidal creeks for small fish to swim by. |
