Postby Technomancer » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:06 am
Well yes, there are going to some gravitational effects on the lakes, but these are not going to be easily measureable. You can expect that wave action will pretty much swamp any tidal variation. For example, after doing some digging, the spring tide turns out to be less than two inches; ordinary tide levels are significantly less. Given the preponderance of weather effects on the water levels of the lakes, they are typically classified as non-tidal bodies.
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