5 Facts about How Waves are Made

WALT: skim and scan for facts on how waves are made

5 Facts about How Waves are Made

1.Wind interaction on the ocean far from the coast can create some of the best waves on earth.

2.Local shore winds can also create waves.

3.Low pressure systems are responsible for creating good and strong waves.

4.Created by wind, and influenced along the way by changes in seafloor topography, rainfall, tides, coastal backwash, currents and local winds, waves are a complex result of an amazing array of meteorological and geological variables

5.In deep low-pressure systems, wind speed is greater and more waves are generated by the power of the gusts.

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