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A tsunami is formed when an earthquake happens from tectonic plates are shifting underwater. These ripples happen and travel to land. If you imagine a slinkey when you push on one side of it, it moves because sections hit eachother and cause the attached sections to move in the same direction. As the tsunami comes up to land, it's area decreases because of the rising level of the sea floor, pushing water above the sealevel, causing a giant wave.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agotsunami forms by under water earthquake,under water volcanic eruptions and under water landsliding rally it could be caused by a meteoroid impact.
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∙ 13y agoit shakes the ocean back and fourth and when the shaking stops the ocean has lots of waves and a lot of times one or two of those waves are big enough to make tsunamis.
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Does a tsunami speed up as it approaches land?
600 miles
What is the landform of a tsunami?
A "tsunami" is not a land form, it is a wave.
How does the speed of the tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
How does the speed of tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
What happens as a tsunami approaches shallow water near a harbour?
when a tsunami enters shallow water there is imediate danger that a tsunami is about to strike...!!(: ENJOY.
Does a tsunami speed up as it approaches land?
600 miles
What is the landform of a tsunami?
A "tsunami" is not a land form, it is a wave.
How a tsunami wave forms in the deep part of the ocean and what happens as it approaches land?
I think their is an earthquake in the ocean and it roles up into a huge wave and when it approches land it is as biggest as it can get and boom it hits the land
How does the speed of the tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
How does the speed of tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
What happens as a tsunami approaches shallow water near a harbour?
when a tsunami enters shallow water there is imediate danger that a tsunami is about to strike...!!(: ENJOY.
What happened to the wave height of a Tsunami as it approaches a Shoreline?
it gets higher
What is more dangerous an earthquake on land or a tsunami caused by an earthquake?
a tsunami
How does a tsunami affect the land?
A tsunami may affect the land by damaging plants, trees, buildings can break down and beaches.
Do tsunami's always reach the land?
no
How does a Earthquake causes a Tsunami?
It shakes the land and moves all the water which causes a tsunami.
How does a tsunami behave as it approaches land?
Tsunami's behave in different way's because some waves can be different to each other, and can also reach different heights.They can destroy all of a city or just the towns near the Ocean! These giant waves demolish everything and can be a danger to us because of it's power and strength that it has.
