Question 1994Navigation General

The correct answer is C) Tropic tides. When the Moon's declination is at its maximum north, the tides are known as tropic tides. Tropic tides occur when the Moon is at its greatest distance from the Earth's equator, causing the tidal bulges to be more pronounced and resulting in higher high tides and lower low tides. This is in contrast to equatorial tides, which occur when the Moon is over the equator and produce smaller differences between high and low tides. The other options are incorrect because higher high tides and lower low tides (A) are a characteristic of tropic tides, not equatorial tides (B), and mixed-type tides (D) occur when the Moon's declination is between the extremes.