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A tide with the smallest difference between low and high tides is called a neap tide. It occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned such that the angle of the Sun and Earth is 90 degrees with respect to the angle of the Earth and the Moon. This is because the gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon tend to cancel each other out at that angle.

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A tide just after the first and third quarters of the moon where there is the least difference between high and low water, is known as a neap tide

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It is a neap tide.

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