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    This document defines key terms used to describe wave anatomy, including the still-water line, crest, trough, wave height, wavelength, wave period, wave frequency, amplitude, depth, and direction of propagation. It provides the essential definitions of these basic wave characteristics and components.

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    This document defines key terms used to describe wave anatomy, including the still-water line, crest, trough, wave height, wavelength, wave period, wave frequency, amplitude, depth, and direction of propagation. It provides the essential definitions of these basic wave characteristics and components.

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    This document defines key terms used to describe wave anatomy, including the still-water line, crest, trough, wave height, wavelength, wave period, wave frequency, amplitude, depth, and direction of propagation. It provides the essential definitions of these basic wave characteristics and components.

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    Wave Anatomy:

    • Still-Water Line - The level of the sea surface if it were perfectly calm and flat.
    • Crest - The highest point on the wave above the still-water line.
    • Trough - The lowest point on the wave below the still-water line.
    • Wave Height - The vertical distance between crest and trough.
    • Wavelength - The horizontal distance between successive crests or troughs.
    • Wave Period - The time it takes for one complete wave to pass a particular point.
    • Wave Frequency - The number of waves that pass a particular point in a given time
    period.
    • Amplitude - One-half the wave height or the distance from either the crest or the trough
    to the still-water line.
    • Depth - the distance from the ocean bottom to the still-water line.
    • Direction of Propagation - the direction in which a wave is travelling.

    Tide guage:

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