Meaning OVERFALLS
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OVERFALLSBreaking WAVES caused by a conflict of currents, or by the wind moving against the current.
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OVERFALLSAlso known as tide-rips. Turbulence associated with the flow of strong tidal streams over abrupt changes in depth, or with the meeting of tidal streams flowing from different directions.
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OVERFALLSBreaking waves caused by a conflict of currents, or by the wind moving against the current.
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OVERFALLSDangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area of water.
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OVERFALLS">P Parallax; the apparent differences in the positions of objects viewed along different lines of sight.
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OVERFALLSViolently disturbed water where a current sets over an irregularity in sea bed. Level tends to sink where bed rises, and to rise where bed sinks.
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OVERFALLSDangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, or strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.
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OVERFALLSDangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, or strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.
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OVERFALLSpl. Breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current. See also RIPS.
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