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tuffie

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Cones and cockpit karst develop in
 
  A) cold, midlatitude climates. B) arid regions.
  C) polar regions. D) wet tropical areas.

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Discuss a how a tsunami is formed, how it behaves in the open ocean, and how it behaves when it contacts the shore. Include its physical characteristics, travel speed and pattern, and nature of impact with land.
 
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A tsunami is a series of waves generated by a large undersea disturbance, such as earthquakes, submarine landslides, volcanic eruptions, or meteorite impacts in the ocean. Tsunamis generally exceed 100 km (60 mi) in wavelength, but are only a meter (3 ft.) or so in height. They travel at great speeds in the open ocean water (600-800 kph (375-500 mph). As the tsunami approaches a coast, the increasingly shallow water forces the wavelength to shorten, resulting in an increased wave height (15 m (50 ft) sometimes).



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