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Cuz its where the three lithospheres met - hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere
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Why are headlands eroded faster than the land at the end of inlets and bays?
Wave refraction concentrates wave energy at the headlands increasing erosion relative to embayments, where wave energy is dispersed.
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 are the changes that occur in wave energy at headlands?
Laminar flow compession
Why are headlands eroded faster than the land at the ends of inlets and bays?
Wave refraction concentrates wave energy at the headlands increasing erosion relative to embayments, where wave energy is dispersed.
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.
Are headlands formed through wave deposition?
false
What are features produced by wave action?
headlands and bays tombolos spits bars
What happens to coastlines over time?
Wave refraction causes deposition in the bays Wave refraction causes erosion of the headlands
The energy carried by a wave is indicated by its?
normally by its frequency....more the frequency greater is the energy of the wave
When A wave transfers energy true or false?
The answer is true. The greater the energy the greater the amplitude.
Does the energy of a wave depend on the amplitude of the wave?
Yes dude the energy of wave depends upon the amplitude The more the trough ( upper part of wave) moves away from the peroendicular distance the more it spends energy i.e. energy is inversely proportional to ampltitude
Is natural gas more available than Wave energy?
"Wave energy" can be a lot of things, you need a more specific question. Energy that travels in "waves" includes a lot of things such as: Radiation, thermal energy, even matter (which has both a wave length and unless frozen, has energy). So... no natural gas is not more available then "wave energy".
