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One of the world's major languages, German is closely linked to English and Dutch
Unlike some other inflected languages, German's nouns inflect. Each noun belongs to one of three genders, and can be rendered into four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive and dative), singular or plural
Until circa 1800, standard German was pretty much only a written language, due to the variety of regional dialects
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Die Gezeiten (Ebbe und Flut)
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Erde und Mond ziehen sich gegenseitig an. Der Grund dafür ist die Anziehungs- oder Schwerkraft. Sie wird auch Gravitation genannt. Das Wort kommt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet "gravis", "schwer".
Auf dem Land ist die Anziehung zwischen Erde und Mond kaum bemerkbar. In den beweglicheren Wassermassen der Erde jedoch bewirkt der Mond auf der ihm zugekehrten Erdseite eine Konzentration des Meerwassers, einen Wasserberg. Dann ist dort Flut.
Zeitgleich entsteht auf der dem Mond abgewandten Erdseite, wegen der dort stärkeren Fliehkräfte ein zweiter Wasserberg. An den Polen ist Ebbe.
Da sich die Erde einmal in 24 Stunden um ihre eigene Achse dreht, hat jeder Ort auf der Erde zweimal Ebbe und zweimal Flut am Tag.
Der Unterschied zwischen dem mittleren Wasserstand bei Ebbe und bei Flut ist der so genannte Tidenhub. Dieser ist abhängig von den Winden, der Wassertiefe und den Küstenformen. Seine höchsten Werte erreicht er in Buchten. Den höchsten Tidenhub verzeichnet die Fundybay in Kanada mit 14-21 m. An der Nordseeküste beträgt der Tidenhub 2-4 m, im Bristolkanal in Südwestengland 12-14 m. An großen Flüssen sind die Gezeiten noch weit landeinwärts bemerkbar, am Amazonas bis etwa 1000 km.
Bei Neu- oder Vollmond stehen Sonne, Mond und Erde in einer Linie und verstärken die Anziehungskräfte. Es kommt zur Springflut.
Bei Halbmond schwächen sie sich gegenseitig ab. Dies führt zur einem geringerem Tidenhub.
Gezeiten sind also periodische Wasserstandsschwankungen der Meere als Folge der Anziehungskraft von Mond und Sonne. Die Gezeitenbewegung ist der Wechsel zwischen fallendem Wasser, der Ebbe, und steigendem Wasser, der Flut.
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An industrial town in the West Midlands of the UK, Walsall is found northwest of Birmingham. It has had many industries, from metalworking to coal mining, to the leather trade. Walsall to this day manufactures the Queen's handbags. It is an important town in the UK, as it has a central location and a motorway running right through the town; and there are plans to turn it into a state-of-the-art regional hub. Walsall is also home to an arboretum, several art galleries and several retail parks.
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