Direction of Wove Travel 



Wave Crest 



L= Wovelength 



-H : Wave Heigtit 



■Crest Length- 

 Region 



Ocean Bottonn 



-Trougti Lengtti- 

 Region 



d : Depth 



Direction of Wave Travel 



Beach grass shows the direction of movement 

 of woter particles under various ports of a 

 shallow water wove 



(Wiegel,l953) 



Figure A- 3. Wave Characteristics and Direction of 

 Water Particle Movement. 



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