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tidal difference

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tidal difference [′tīd·əl ′dif·rəns]
(oceanography)
The difference in time or height of a high or low water at a subordinate station and at a reference station for which predictions are given in the tide tables; the difference applied to the prediction at the reference station gives the corresponding time or height for the subordinate station.
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The smallest tidal differences, called "neap tides," come at the first and third quarters of the lunar month, when the forces exerted by lunar and solar gravity do more to cancel each other.
Spring tide in fall by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Tidal differences of up to 30 feet and the intricately convoluted shoreline of the Korean peninsula's west coast contribute to the existence of extensive and very rich tidal flats.
Wetlands in Japan and Korea by Suzuki, Maggie / Earth Island Journal
 
 
 
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