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Q: What happens if the swash is bigger than the backwash?
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What happens when swash is more powerful than backwash?

then the backwash will be slower and weaker and the swash will just stay


What happens in a wave?

Destructive waves happen when the backwash is stronger than the swash. =)


What kind of wave produces a swash stronger than a backwash?

a constructive wave


What does De position mean?

When the sea loses energy, it drops the sand, rock particles and pebbles it has been carrying. This is called deposition. Deposition happens when the swash is stronger than the backwash and is associated with constructive waves.


What is the destructive ocean wave produced by an earthquake?

There are 2 ways. One way is when large waves have a backwash that is stronger than the swash. The stronger backwash causes more materials to be removed from the beach instead of being deposited. The other way is when there is a storm, strong winds produce large waves which pound against the coast and remove large amounts of materials from it.


What is a constructive wave?

A constructive wave is a powerful wave that surges up the beach with a powerful swash. This is the forward movement of the wave up the beach. It has a weak backwash, which is the backward movement of water down a beach when a wave has broken. Characteristics are: .swash is stronger than the backwash. .Has a low gradient. .Has low energy. .Produces gentle beach profile .Other names are: storm, surfing or plunging waves. .Typical off the SW coast of the UK.


What does a constructive wave do?

Constructive waves are waves with low energy, thus have a stronger swash then backwash. Where there are less than 8 waves breaking each minute they tend to be constructive waves. Constructive waves tend to deposit material and build up a beach.


How can waves be responsible for both erosion and deposition?

All waves are responsible for both but, the overall (net) effect depends on the strenght of the swash (forward movement) and backwash (backwards movement). There are two main types of waves. The first is constructive waves which has a strong swash but the water quickly loses energy (depositing matierial) and then moving back to the sea with a weak backwash (therefore not moving much sediment away). The second is destructive waves which have a much stronger backwash than swash meaning more sediment gets removed than added leading to net erosion. Waves can also erode cliff faces by three processes: Abrasion(sediment in the sea is thrown against cliff face), Solution(chemicals in the sea erode certain rock types) and hydraulic action( water forced into cracks in the cliff face creates 'explosive' effect when wave draws back).


Which is bigger the sun or the moon when a solar eclipse happens?

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Are constructive and destructive two types of wave interference?

Yes. Constructive interference happens when waves add up to a more powerful wave than either were before, destructive interference happens when waves add up to a less powerful wave than either were before.


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