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Rip Current , Rip current
A rip current is a narrow, river-like channel of water moving away from the surf (breaking) zone and back toward sea. Rip currents can tr… Waves , Wind creates waves. As an air current (moving stream of air) moves over an undisturbed water surface, friction between air and water creates a series… Boundary Current , boundary current The northward- or southward-directed ocean-water current which flows parallel and close to a continental margin. Such currents are c… Turbidity Current , turbidity current A variety of density current that flows as a result of a density difference created by dispersed sediment within the body of the cu… breaker , breaker •acre, baker, breaker, Chandrasekhar, faker, forsaker, Jamaica, Laker, maker, nacre, partaker, Quaker, raker, saker, shaker, staker, taker, u… Wave , wave / wāv/ • v. 1. [intr.] move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: he waved to me from the train. ∎ [tr.] move (one's hand or arm, or…
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