What is a spring tide? What is a neap tide?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Apr 6, 2016

When Sun and moo n are in line along earth mass of both Sun and Moon makes gravitational pulls and make strong and weak tides It is called Spring tides..See picture.

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When Sun is in quarter phaseenter image source here Sun is in different direction and we get less strong tides.It is called neap tides.
Picture credit mho dromgfl.top.

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