On what sides does a "bulge" in the earth's oceans appear on the earth?
1 Answer
Jul 19, 2016
The bulge is maximum of about 21 km, at the equator longitudes of the oceans and tends to zero at the poles.
Explanation:
Earth is an oblate spheroid.
The equatorial radius is 6378 km and the polar radius is 6356 km,
nearly.
This difference is generated through latitudes
and
The rate of descent
= 23.56 meters/ degree, nearly.,
The measure of the bulge along land/oceans of the equator is
about 21 km,
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