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The name comes from the old sense of springing upward, and the tides happen twice a month. The figure is taken from NOAA Ocean Service, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Spring tides have nothing to do with the season

The name comes from the old sense of springing upward, and the tides happen twice a month Around each new and full moon, the Sun and Moon line up and their tidal pulls add together, producing the largest ranges. Neap tides arrive at the quarter phases when the two pull at right angles and partly cancel. The whole cycle repeats roughly every two weeks throughout the year. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The name comes from the old sense of springing upward, and the tides happen twice a month. The figure is taken from NOAA Ocean Service, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.