A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY COASTS Q&A
A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY COASTS WAVE CREST This is the top of the wave as water in a wave rises causes crest WAVE TROUGH As water in a wave falls WAVE HEIGHT Distance between the wave crest and trough WAVE PERIOD Time between waves WAVE FREQUENCY Number of waves that break on a beach in a given period of time WAVE STEEPNESS WAVE HEIGHT/WAVE LENGTH cannot exceed 1:7(this is the point at which the wave breaks) WAVE ENERGY In deep water the energy of a wave is proportional to the wave length X by the wave height(squared).This means that even small increase in wave length can produce a large increase in wave energy. WAVE ENERGY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO WAVE HEIGHT THE ENERGY OF IS RELEASED W
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