How are waves formed?

How are waves formed?




 How are waves formed?


  When you look out the waves breaking at the beach, those waves could be at the top of an extended journey. The waves may have been created thousands of kilometres away, or they might have been created near you. But how are waves created?

  The waves are created by the wind. When the wind blows over a smooth ocean, it creates little waves or ripples on the surface. If the wind continues to blow, the waves grow bigger. 

  The faster the wind blows, the bigger the waves will grow. The further the wind blows, the bigger the waves will grow. And the longer the wind blows, the bigger the waves will grow. So, the faster, farther and longer is the wind, bigger are the waves.

  If the wind stops, or changes direction, the waves will stop growing, but they won’t stop travelling.

  They will keep travelling away from where they were created in a straight line, sometimes for days, until they run into something like a beach where they are stopped because they break. That’s why there are still waves at the beach, even when it is not windy.

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