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What causes incoming ocean waves to bend so that they are nearly parallel to the shoreline?
The wind, gravity, and thats all i have to say
How does wave energy impact the erosion of a rocks?
Waves slow down as they approach a shoreline. The first parts of the shoreline that waves meet are the headlands, or pieces of land that project into the water. The slowing waves bend toward the headlands, which concentrates the waves' energy. A huge amount of energy is released when waves crash into headlands, causing the land to erode.
How does energy from waves affect a shoreline?
Waves play a major role in building up and breaking down the shoreline. As waves break against a shoreline, rock is broken into sand.
A bend or curve in the shoreline?
coast
What is the signs approaching tsunami and earthquakes?
shoreline recessing into ocean
How does the energy of ocean waves alter beaches and the shoreline?
It has caused the shoreline to erode.
Why large waves are more able to remove large chumks of rock from a shoreline than average sized waves are?
Large waves are able to remove more large chunks of rock from a shoreline then average sized waves due to their sheer force. Larger waves are more powerful and are usually a culprit for shoreline erosion.
How many waves crash into a shoreline a day?
The number of waves that crash into a shoreline in a day can vary widely depending on factors like wind speed, tides, and geographic location. In general, there can be hundreds to thousands of waves that reach a shoreline in a day.
How do waves even out the shoreline?
Waves even out a shoreline by eroding it.The waves coming to shore gradually change direction, as different parts of the wave begins to drag the bottom.The energy of the wave is concentrated on headlands, part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.As waves erode the headlands the shoreline will eventually even out.Tee Hee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ___------ -/---- ----\/--- --- \------------ ---- --
What waves bend?
Waves that bendm
What does seasat measure?
the velocity of waves hitting the shoreline.
What do waves breaking on a shoreline cause?
Erosion, maybe?
