Under certain conditions, tsunami waves encountering land will develop intobores. A bore is a surge of water much like what would be expected if a dam failed suddenly and emptied a reservoir into a river bed. In the case of a bore traveling from the ocean into a dry river bed, one study† shows that the velocityVof the tip of the bore is proportional to the square root of its heighth. This is expressed in the formula below, wherekis a constant.
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