Circular moving currents that occur within a single ocean basin.

Is the rising of cold water from deeper water to replace warmer surface water.

is the sinking of warm surface water to lower portions of the water column.

Thermohaline circulation

is a term used to describe deep-ocean circulation, due to seawater density differences caused by temperature and salinity.

Highest part of the wave above the average water line.

the lowest part of the wave above the average water line.

Is the vertical distance between wave crest and trough.

Is the horizontal distance between successive crests of waves.

This is the time it takes once wavelength to pass fixed length.

The maximum depth at which a water wave’s passage causes significant water motion.

This is a collective term for breakers.

Water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement.

The water flows back down to the beach toward the surf zone.

An accumulation of sediment along the landward edge of an ocean, marginal sea, or lake.

The slowing and bending of waves in shallow water.

The transport of sediment in a zigzag pattern along a beach caused by the uprush of water from obliquely breaking waves.

Near shore current that flows parallel to the shore.

An artificial structure built to protect a coast or to prevent the movement of sand along a beach.

A coast where land was formerly below sea level has been exposed either because of crustal uplift or a drop of sea level, or both

A coast with a form that is largely a result of the partial drowning of a former land surface either because of a rise of sea level, or subsidence

Periodic change in the elevation of the ocean surface.

Diurnal tidal pattern

A tidal pattern exhibiting one high tide and one low tide during a tidal day; a daily tide.

Semidiurnal tidal pattern

A tidal pattern exhibiting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day, with small inequalities between successive highs and successive lows; a semi-daily tide.

A tidal pattern exhibiting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day, with a large inequality in high water heights, and in low water heights.

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Term	Definition
Gyre	Circular moving currents that occur within a single ocean basin.
Upwelling	Is the rising of cold water from deeper water to replace warmer surface water.
Downwelling	is the sinking of warm surface water to lower portions of the water column.
Thermohaline circulation	is a term used to describe deep-ocean circulation, due to seawater density differences caused by temperature and salinity.
Wave crest	Highest part of the wave above the average water line.
Wave trough	the lowest part of the wave above the average water line.
Wave height	Is the vertical distance between wave crest and trough.
Wavelength	Is the horizontal distance between successive crests of waves.
Wave period	This is the time it takes once wavelength to pass fixed length.
Wave base	The maximum depth at which a water wave’s passage causes significant water motion.
Surf	This is a collective term for breakers.
Swash	Water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement.
Backwash	The water flows back down to the beach toward the surf zone.
Beach	An accumulation of sediment along the landward edge of an ocean, marginal sea, or lake.
Wave refraction	The slowing and bending of waves in shallow water.
Beach drift	The transport of sediment in a zigzag pattern along a beach caused by the uprush of water from obliquely breaking waves.
Longshore current	Near shore current that flows parallel to the shore.
Hard stabilization	An artificial structure built to protect a coast or to prevent the movement of sand along a beach.
Emergent coasts	A coast where land was formerly below sea level has been exposed either because of crustal uplift or a drop of sea level, or both
Submergent coasts	A coast with a form that is largely a result of the partial drowning of a former land surface either because of a rise of sea level, or subsidence
Tides	Periodic change in the elevation of the ocean surface.
Diurnal tidal pattern	A tidal pattern exhibiting one high tide and one low tide during a tidal day; a daily tide.
Semidiurnal tidal pattern	A tidal pattern exhibiting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day, with small inequalities between successive highs and successive lows; a semi-daily tide.
Mixed tidal pattern	A tidal pattern exhibiting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day, with a large inequality in high water heights, and in low water heights.

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