It’s Tuesday 1:00 p.m. at Sea View Karachi. The tide is out here, what is the sea level right now and which type of tide is formed?
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Sea level, position of the air-sea interface, to which all terrestrial elevations and submarine depths are referred. The sea level constantly changes at every locality with the changes in tides, atmospheric pressure, and wind conditions. Longer-term changes in sea level are influenced by Earth’s changing climates. Consequently, the level is better defined as mean sea level, the height of the sea surface averaged over all stages of the tide over a long period of time.
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