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SUB-TOPIC INFO – Oceanography (UNIT 3)
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Waves
UGC NET GEOGRAPHY
Oceanography (UNIT 3)
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Waves are the movement of water molecules in the ocean’s surface layers, and they are limited to our oceans and seas. A wave is formed when air and water molecules collide and energy from the wind is transferred to the water.
Ocean Wave
Formation of Waves
- Energy passing through water causes it to move in a circular direction, resulting in waves.
- As a wave passes, water particles travel in a little circle.
- The waves get their energy from the wind.
- The wind creates waves in the ocean, and the energy is discharged along the coast.
- The stagnant deep bottom water of the seas is rarely affected by surface water movement.
- A wave slows down as it reaches the shore. The friction between the running water and the seafloor is the cause of this.