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A neap tide is a relatively low high tide, or a generally low tidal range between low and high tides. During the moon's first and fourth quarter, periods of neap tides are experienced, due to the way in which the sun and moon act on the Ear...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-neap-tide.htm
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Explains with graphs and pictures how the moon affects oceans. Includes the differences between lunar, spring, neap, high, and low tides. ... Spring tides and neap tide levels are about 20% higher or lower than average.
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home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/
home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/
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The proxigean spring tide occurs at most once every 1.5 years. Neap Tides; Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth).
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml
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'Neap Tide', Don Norum ... The tide had pushed well up onto the strip of white sand on the sheltered side of Monkey Island, so Pham could glide over the submerged shoals of rocks and old metal rods and wreckage without hulling the kayak or shattering the delicate red fronds of coral.
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futurefire.net/2009.17/fiction/neaptide.html
futurefire.net/2009.17/fiction/neaptide.html
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neap tide is as it's coming into shore, ebb tide is going out. During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides an...
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Definition of neap tide ... Definition: The lowest high tide of the lunar month, occurring near the first and last quarter moon phases ... Examples: Since there was a neap tide, the water did not come up as far on the beach during high tide.
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cruises.about.com/od/cruiseglossary/g/neap_tide.htm
cruises.about.com/od/cruiseglossary/g/neap_tide.htm
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A Simple Tidal Model ... Spring Tides and Neap Tides ... these are called neap tides. The figure shown above illustrates spring and neap tides.
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csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/tides.html
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/tides.html
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Definition of neap tide in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of neap tide. Pronunciation of neap tide. Translations of neap tide. neap tide synonyms, neap tide antonyms. Information about neap tide in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... [Middle English neep, from Old English n p(fl d), neap (tide).]
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www.thefreedictionary.com/neap+tide
www.thefreedictionary.com/neap+tide
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