rip current
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rip current
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Coined as a more accurate replacement for the earlier term "riptide", as the phenomenon is not related to the tides.
noun rip currents
- A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. It takes on complicated forms, including longshore currents, which set parallel to the beach, and rip currents, in which water carried shoreward by breaking waves finds its way back to deep water in fast, narrow jets. Longshore and rip current velocities may be as great as 3 knots.
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noun strong water flow
| Español | corriente de resaca |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 離岸流 riganryū |
| 中文 | 離岸流 /离岸流 lí'ànliú, 退潮流 tuìcháoliú, 激流 jīliú |
| Français | courant d'arrachement |
| Deutsch | Rippströmung, Brandungsrückstrom |
| Italiano | corrente di risacca, riflusso |
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