Skylar Stephen Mrs. Carey Ela/per.1 10 April 2024 Rogue Waves and Tsunamis What is the difference between Rogue waves and Tsunamis? Rogue waves are dangerous massive waves that come unpredictably‚ but tsunamis are more clear and cause destruction with multiple big waves. Rogue waves and tsunamis have some similarities‚ but also have many differences. Rogue waves are powerful and unsystematically disastrous big waves seen far out in deep waters. Based on what the text says‚ “The surrounding sea can
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Rogue Waves and Tsunamis Some waves are as fast as a cheetah and as destructive as a bulldozer. Rogue waves are waves usually found in the deepest parts of the ocean. Tsunamis are waves that usually hit the coastline. Despite having some small similarities and differences‚ Rogue waves and tsunamis are both just as terrifying. Rogue waves have an appealing look that has many interesting ways to form. To begin with‚ gigantic waves‚ also known as “freak waves”‚ could seem to come out of absolutely
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a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on the environment. Entire Himalayan region is prone to rain-induced hazards in the form of flash flood‚ cloudburst or glacial lake outburst flood. Many Himalayan natural hazards are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ hurricanes‚ flooding‚ coastal erosion‚ etc. An earthquake is a process that results from a sudden release of stored energy that radiates shock waves. Coastal erosion is a physical process by which seashores in coastal areas around the world shift
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES‚ TSUNAMI AND CYCLONES EARTHQUAKES What are Earthquakes? ← An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as a seismograph. The moment
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the Earth‚ it is between where the North American plate and Caribbean plate meet. Haiti was a third world country and still is today. Haiti was very unfortunate starting in the year of 2010‚ because it was shook by an earthquake‚ attacked with a tsunami‚ and kicked in the neck by a hurricane. All jokes aside‚ these were horrible incidents that happened to the small country of Haiti. The earthquake that shook Haiti happened on January 12‚ it had a magnitude of 7.0‚ killed about 230‚000 people and
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Have you ever wondered the difference between waves as tall as skyscrapers and waves that are as mysterious as a ninja? Rogue waves are found in the middle of the ocean. While‚ tsunamis start in the deepest parts of the ocean and crash at the shoreline. Rogue waves and tsunamis seem very alike‚ but when diving deep into the information‚ you can see clear differences. Rogue waves can be very big and are formed differently. First‚ rogue waves are huge waves that can come out of nowhere with very impactful
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of the destination‚ tourism destination market to describe majority of tourists who goes to destination and the current issues relating to Maldivian tourism. Such issues includes environmental change influences sea level rise and the impact of tsunami to the Maldivian tourism and country as well as the Maldivian’s hyper dependency on tourism economy and the experiences of leakages. 2. An overview of the Republic of Maldives The Republic of Maldives comprise a total area of 298sq km scattered
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Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family somewhere that they were separated from or
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Alaska massively. An earthquake‚ rock slide‚ and the tallest tsunami ever. When Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in 1980‚ it was the biggest eruption in the United States ever recorded. It also changed the earth’s surface immensely. There are many Geo processes on the Earth because it is in constant motion‚ so the Earth’s surface is always changing; three Geo processes that change the surface of the Earth most are volcanoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes. Importantly‚ volcanic eruptions are
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An earthquake of a magnitude of 9.0 that occurred in Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday March 11‚ 2011 did a significant amount of damage in the region‚ as the following tsunami did even much more damage‚ flooding about 560 square kilometers resulting in a human death toll of about 19‚000 and the destruction of coastal ports‚ towns and buildings (Fukushima Accident‚ 2016). Eleven reactors at four different nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and were all shut down when the earthquake
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