- steep wave
- крутая волна
English-Russian sports dictionary. - Russkiy yazyk Media. I.V. Nechaev. 2006.
steep wave
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lee wave — ▪ air current vertical undulation of airstreams on the lee side of a mountain. (The lee side is the side that is downstream from the wind.) The first wave occurs above the mountain that causes it, with a series of waves of equal horizontal… … Universalium
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destructive wave — a steep, high frequency wave which causes a net loss of material from the beach as the backwash is stronger than the swash … Geography glossary
