The sahara desert covers 3 1/2 million square miles. does that mean it is much smaller, roughly equal to, or much larger than the u. s.?

Tides are caused by a differences in the gravitational force of the sun at different points on earth. differences in the gravitational force of the moon at different points on earth differences in earth’s gravitational field strength at different points on earth’s surfac fluctuations in the gravitational attraction between earth and the moon.