Description

the highest point of a wave
the lowest point of a wave
the distance between two adjacent wave crests and its trough
the vertical distance between a wave's crest and it's trough
the time between the passage of two wave crests (or troughs) at fixed points
a heightened water wave that begins to tumble downward, or break, upon nearing the shore
the area between the breaker zone and the shore
rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean
a white, foaming wave with a very steep crest that breaks in the open ocean before the wave gets close to the shore
a wave that forms when a large volume of ocean water is suddenly moved up or down
a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm such as a hurricane
daily movements of ocean water that change the level of the ocean's surface
the difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
tides with maximum daily tidal range that occur during the new and full moons
tides with minimum daily tidal range that occur during the first and third quarters of the moon
a stream like movement of water that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean
the curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the Earth's rotation
a stream like movement of ocean water far below the surface
a process in which cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm surface wwater
periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean

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