Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · 4.1.6 Oceanography
4.1.6.7 Waves and tides: spring and neap tides, tidal bores and tidal energy
Waves are wind energy moving across the sea surface while the water itself only circles in place; tides are the regular twice-daily (or daily) rise and fall of the sea caused mainly by the Moon's pull, strongest at spring tides and weakest at neap tides.
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Key terms
- waves
- crest
- trough
- wave height
- amplitude
- wave period
- wavelength
- wave frequency
- swell
- fetch
- tsunami
- tides
- surges
- tide-generating force
- centrifugal force
- spring tide
- neap tide
- perigee
- apogee
- perihelion
- aphelion
- ebb
- flood
- semi-diurnal
- diurnal
- mixed tide
- Bay of Fundy
- tidal bore
- tidal energy
- La Rance
- Gulf of Khambhat
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- Common trapsFoundation
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