2007-07-22 14:52:06 · 8 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
rogue waves. also referred to as freak waves, are being studied as they are a ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites.
Once dismissed as a nautical myth, freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-story apartment blocks have been accepted as a leading cause of large ship sinking's.
they are an interesting phenomenon.
2007-07-22 15:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The convention current, it's typically a tsunami underwater caused by a convayor belt from warm and cool water currents.
2007-07-22 21:54:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tsunami is a wave, big, but not a current.
Waves do not move water as a current does, they move energy.
The water in a wave just moves in a cycloid, or almost circular motion remaining pretty much in the same place. Only when the depth decreases does the water begin to move forward.
2007-07-23 23:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a tsunami isnt a current its a large wave created by some geological event (landslide or earthquake...etc)....
the fastest current is the thermohaline conveyor or in the North Atlantic Ocean the Gulf Stream which carries heat away from the equator towards the north. It is estimated this current reaches 200-300 meters/second
2007-07-23 13:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by njdevil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a tsunami is not a current. A strong water current would be a convection current as mentioned, tidal currents are quite strong too see examples in north western Australia, England etc
2007-07-22 23:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by lil_cal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tsunami is not a current. Large waterfalls are much stronger currents that also supply much of our electricity.
2007-07-25 17:14:33 · answer #6 · answered by amit t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I don't want either strong current or a tsunami around me.
2007-07-23 10:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by chetter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there are some really really fast rivers, That can be faster than a tsunami.
2007-07-22 22:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by musical_tide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋