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El "Mar de Fondo”:“Swell” (mar de fondo):

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Correct answer: c) Is a regular sinusoidal sea, with wavelength much longer than height and rounded crests that do not break offshore, present without a local generating wind.

Why it is correct

It is long, rounded waves from elsewhere, with no local wind.

Why the others are not

  • a) Distant wind generates it.
  • b) That is wind sea.
  • d) Height does not define it.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Swell: long, round and no local wind.

Where this question comes from

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