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write the difference between neap and spring tide?

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Differences between Spring Tides and Neap Tides are:

Neap TidesSpring Tides
(i) It is tide with a range considerably lower than that of the mean tidal level.(i) It is a tide with a range considerably increased from that of the mean tidal levels.
(ii) It occurs twice each month during Lunar quadrature.(ii) It occurs twice each month around the time of the new moon and full moon.
(iii) The high tides are somewhat lower and low tides are somewhat higher than average.(iii) The high tides are somewhat lower than the average.
(iv) Here tidal production forces do not supplement each other because the moon, the earth and the sun are at right angles. So the velocity of tidal currents slows down.(iv) It is due to complementary gravitational effects caused when the earth, moon and sun are in a straight line.



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