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Water Wave Celerity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Note that in deep water the celerity is independent of water depth, which is not surprising in view of the fact that the waves do not interact with the bottom. |
 | | In deep water, therefore, the wave length is constant, but as waves approach a beach the wave length decreases as the square root of the depth. |
 | | Wind-generated waves typically have periods from 1 to 25 seconds, wave lengths from 1 to 1000 meters, speeds from 1 to 40 m/s, and heights less than 3 meters. |
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