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Old November 10th 06, 02:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Ernst S Blofeld Ernst S Blofeld is offline
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Default Tidal flooding in Chiswick

John Rowland wrote:
wrote:
The spring tides are higher in March and October -


Why?


The declination of the Sun to the Earth's equator is near minimum at
those times (equinoxes) and is a factor which influences the tides.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/educati...s01_intro.html

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