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SPILLING BREAKING WAVE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A breaker whose crest collapses gradually over a nearly flat bottom ... the water spilling down continuously over the advancing wave front.

CONT

Spilling breakers are waves that gradually peak until the crest becomes unstable and cascades down in bubble and foam known to most as "white water".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Déferlement à la côte [...] présentant seulement un écroulement de la crête sans formation du mouvement arrondi.

CONT

Les brisants déversants de type rouleau [...] ont à leur crête une large bande d'écume lorsqu'ils approchent de l'estran.

OBS

Déferlement produit par un fond de pente peu importante.

Spanish

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