THe facts that a port is above or below 'mean' sea level means zero - zed - nothing.

The tides move more that 120' in some bays of Maine.

Look at the Erie canal - what are the locks for ? Getting one dock level to another...

Martin
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Cliff wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:51:55 -0700, Robert Sturgeon
wrote:


On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:37:41 -0500, "RAM^3"
wrote:


"Lew Hartswick" wrote in message
thlink.net...

Cliff wrote:

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:45:41 -0700, Robert Sturgeon
wrote:



Ports NEED to be on the coast


Why?

Well "Sea ports" at least because that is where the "sea" is.
:-)
...lew...

The Port of Houston is ~50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico...

That's true enough. The ports of Stockton and Sacramento
are both quite a distance from the coast. But they ARE
nearly at sea level, which is the part that will bite them
if sea level rises or falls.


The ports in the Great Lakes are up to 600 feet
above mean sea level.

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