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2. | slow, rocking motion of the ocean water that occurs as tidal bulges move around the earth |
3. | vertical distance between the crest and tthe trough of the wave |
4. | huge circle of moving ocean water formed as a result of the eind belts and the Coriolis effect |
5. | weak, slow moving ocean current |
6. | distance that wind can blow across open water |
8. | tide with maximum daily tidal range that occurs during the new and full moons |
11. | surge of water that rushes upstream in a river as the tide rises |
12. | steamlike movement of water beneath the surface of the ocean |
13. | movement of water toward and away from the coast due to therise and fall of the tides |
15. | daily change in the level of the ocean surface |
16. | time required for a complete wave length to pass a given point |
18. | lowestpoint between two wave crests |
19. | one of a group of long, rolling waves that are all the same size |
20. | tide with minimum daily tidal range that occurs during the first and third quaters of the moon |
23. | foamy mass of water that washes onto the shore |