backwash
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the movement of waves as they leave the land
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the rising of the level of the sea each day until it reaches its highest point and begins to fall again
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the time when the water in a lake, river, or the sea is above its normal level, especially because of a flood
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a mark that shows the highest level that a lake, a river, or the sea has risen to
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a tide that has the least amount of change between the highest and lowest levels of the sea
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the average level of the sea in relation to the land. The heights of parts of the land are measured from sea level
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a time when there is a big difference between the highest and lowest levels of the sea
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the way that the level of the sea regularly rises and falls during the day. The tide comes in or rises, then it turns and goes out or falls, and then turns again. At its highest point the tide is in and it is high tide, and at its lowest point the tide is out and it is low tide.
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a very large wave or series of waves caused when something such as an earthquake moves a large quantity of water in the sea
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a current that moves below the surface or below another current in the sea or a river
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a current below the surface of the sea or a river, that moves in the opposite direction to the water above it
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