shallow water wave
101Upwelling — If the wind in blows parallel to the coast in the southern hemisphere (such as along the coast of Peru, where the wind blows North), then Ekman transport produces a net movement of surface water 90 degrees to the left. This can result in coastal… …
102Megatsunami — An artist s rendering of wave shoaling of a tsunami. Megatsunami (also known as iminami (斎波?, purification wave )) …
103Seawater — in the Strait of Malacca Seawater is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world s oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, or 599 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one litre by volume) of seawater has… …
104Rip current — Riptide redirects here. For other uses, see Riptide (disambiguation). Rip current, as seen from above. The beach is visible at the right top …
105Hydrothermal vent — Marine habitats White smokers emitting liquid carbon dioxide at the Champagne vent, Northwest Eifuku volcano, Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Littoral zone …
106Sea surface temperature — Weekly average sea surface temperature for the World Ocean during the first week of February 2011, during a period of La Niña …
107Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …
108Underwater explosion — An underwater explosion, also known as an UNDEX, is an explosion beneath the surface of water. The type of explosion may be chemical or nuclear. They are categorized in accordance with their depth beneath the water s surface, because this has a… …
109Ocean — For other uses, see Ocean (disambiguation). Maps exhibiting the world s oceanic waters. A continuou …
110glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …
