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What happens when a deep-water wave strikes the bottom of the ocean?
COWBOYSROCK
waves get slower and higher then they break
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoWhen a deep-water wave strikes the bottom of the ocean, it slows down, and water starts to pile up into a really tall wave. This is what causes a tsunami.
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bottom
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what is wrong with this sentence "the bottom of the ocean is different from land masses because the ocean bottom is perfectly flat."
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How scientists map the bottom of the ocean
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