*/*_When a wave strikes a vertical breakwater in deep water, it is reflected back and on meeting another advancing wave of similar amplitude merges and rises vertically in a wall of water. This phenomenon is called?

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1.	/_When a wave strikes a vertical breakwater in deep water, it is reflected back and on meeting another advancing wave of similar amplitude merges and rises vertically in a wall of water. This phenomenon is called?
A.	Surf
B.	Clapotis
C.	Fetch
D.	Swell
Answer» C. Fetch

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