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Through waves ,Currents &Tides Sea water moves horizontally as well as vertically. >The horizontal movement is both at the surface and the horizontal movement is both at the surface and the sub-surface level >These movements are due to variation in density from on part to another, which results from the differences in the salinity and temperature. >Winds also provide a motive force for the horizontal winds also provide a motive force for the horizontal movement of surface water movement. Waves Waves are oscillatory movements in water manifested by an alternate rise and fall of the sea surface. These moving ridge-like curves on the surface of of the seas have two parts. Crest& Trough Crest -The top part of the wave is called its crest Trough -The top part of the wave is called its trough Wavelength -is the distance is the distance between two consecutive two consecutive crests or two consecutive trough The time taken by two consecutive crests to pass any fixed point is known as the wave period. The vertical distance between a trough and a crest is called the wave height. The rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces of the sun and the moon are called tides .. The sea waves produced by the tides are also called tidal waves. The rise of sea water and its movement toward the coast is called tide and the result ant high level water level is called high level water . The fall of sea water and its movement towards the sea water is called ebb and the resultant low water level is called low tide water. The oceanic tides are caused due to producing forces of the sun and the moon. There is a lot of temporal and spatial in the tide producing forces because of different positions of the sun and the moon with the earth.

Because of variations in intensity of tide producing forces several types of tides are caused. Two types of tides are Spring tide&Neap tide Spring tides Very high tides are caused when the sun, moon and the earth are almost in the same line. Such high tides are called spring tide situations. The gravitational forces of the sun and the moon work together with combined force and thus a high tide is caused. Height is 20%more than the normal tides. Take place twice a month Neap Tides The sun, the earth and the moon come in a position of quadrature on the seventh or eigth day of every fortnight of a month. The tide producing forces of the sun and the moon work in opp. direction, with the result ,a low tide occurs. The height is 20% lower than the normal tides. Currents Large masses of surface water that circulate in regular patterns around the oceans Types-Warm currents& Cold currents Cold Currents These currents have a lower surface temperature and bring cold waters into warm water areas. Based on the depth, the ocean currents can be also divided into two categories-The surface currents&Deep water currents Warm Currents Those currents which flow from the low altitudes in Tropical zones towards the high altitudes in the temperate and sub-polar zones. Surface Current These currents constitute about 10% of all the water in the ocean, these waters are the upper 400 m of the ocean. Deep Sea Current These currents make up other 90% of the ocean waters