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What is the smallest lake with tides?

The smallest body of water in which lunar tides have been measured is Loch Ness in the UK, which is 37 kilometres long. Here, the tides have an amplitude of about 1.5 millimetres. Tides result from the small differences in the moon's gravitational attraction from place to place on Earth.



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The answer is yes, our Great Lakes do have tides that occur twice each day, but they are much smaller in scale and barely noticeable unlike the ocean. The largest “lake tide” that happens is called the Great Lakes spring tide, and is less than 5 centimeters, or 2 inches in height.

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Pitt Lake, BC - the largest fresh water lake with a tidal influence in the world !

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