Spring tide definition
Spring tide means a tide that occurs at or near the time of new and full moon and which rises highest (spring high tide) and falls lowest (spring low tide) from the mean level.
Spring tide means the tide of the greatest amplitude during any approximately 14-day tidal cycle in a given year. A spring tide occurs at or near the time when the gravitational forces of the sun and the moon are in phase (new and full moons).
Examples of Spring tide in a sentence
The tidal range during Spring tide at Sittwe is 2.5 m, which gradually reduces to 0.6 m at Paletwa.