Definition of mixed tide

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mixed tide

The term 'mixed tide' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' type of tide which the presence of a diurnal wave is conspicious by a large inequality in either the high or low water heights with two high waters and two low waters usually occurring each tidal day. in strictness, all tides are mixed, but the name is usually applied without definite limits to the tide intermediate to those predominantly semidiurnal and those predominantly diurnal'.

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