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Garrulous

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on: Jul 14, 2018
List three factors that determine the height, length, and period of a wave.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Aside from ocean waves, what other factors influence the nature of present-day shorelines?
 
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sylvia

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Height, length, and period of a wave are determined by wind speed, the length of time the wind has blown, and fetch (the distance that wind has traveled across open water).

Answer to Question 2

Sea level changes that come with glacier formation and glacier melt, river erosion and delta deposition, volcanic activity, and mountain building.


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