Plunging Breakers Are Produced

question 89

Multiple Choice

Plunging breakers are produced

• A) when waves converge at a headland.
• B) when waves diverge along a shoreline.
• C) by a tidal bore.
• D) when a wave encounters a steep beach.
• E) when a wave encounters a gently sloping beach.

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