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What is storm tide?
Storm tide occurs when the storm surge of a hurricane comes in on top of high tide. The heights of the storm surge and high tide are added together, resulting in worse flooding than if they same storm had struck at low tide.
When do high tide occur?
High tide on most days occurs twice per day. Once when the moon is directly overhead, and then when the moon is on the opposite side of the world.
What is a proxigean spring tide and how often goes it occur?
The Proxigean Spring Tide is a rare, unusually high tide. This very high tide occurs when the moon is both unusually close to the Earth (at its closest perigee, called the proxigee) and in the New Moon phase (when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth). The proxigean spring tide occurs at most once every 1.5 years.
What is The least difference between high and low tide occurs?
On a spring tide, the sea comes high up the beach and then goes low down the beach. A neap tide goes high and low between the range of a spring tide (half way up and half way down the beach).
What are spring tides and neap tides?
Spring tide:A tide with the Greatest different between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned with Earth at the new moon and full moon. Neap tide:A tide with the least different between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other at the first and third quarters of the moon. Hope i Helped :)
Which high tide unusually high?
It occurs when it is a SPRING TIDE. It occurs twice a month.
What occurs a spring tide?
a spring tide has a very high tide
What occurs where a tidal bulge occurs?
High tide.
Where a tidal bulge occurs a what occurs?
High tide.
What occurs during spring tide?
a spring tide has a very high tide
What occurs to the ocean tide when gravitational pulls at its strongest?
high tide
The greatest difference between low and high tide occurs during what tide?
spring tide .. ;)
Is it true that a low tide occurs at the point on earth farthest from the moon?
No. High tide occurs at both he points nearest the moon and farthest from it. Low tide occurs at right angles tot hose positions.
Why does the time of day of high tide change?
The time of high (and low) tide depends on the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Since these are constantly changing, the time high tide occurs also changes.
What is storm tide?
Storm tide occurs when the storm surge of a hurricane comes in on top of high tide. The heights of the storm surge and high tide are added together, resulting in worse flooding than if they same storm had struck at low tide.
What are different kinds of tide?
you have a high tide and low tide, tides are affected by the Moon. There is also something called Neap tide and Spring tide. Spring tide occurs in spring and sometime throughout the year. Neap tide is when there is a higher low tide and a lower low tide. Spring tide is when there is a higher low tide and lower high tide
Why do tides occour?
the moons gravitational pull causes the tides. high tide and low tide. Also each tide occurs twice each day
