Class: Tsunami

A tsunami is a natural phenomenon consisting of a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the potential to generate a tsunami. A tsunami may travel unnoticed across the ocean for thousands of miles from its point of origin and builds up to great heights over shallower water. Also known as a seismic sea wave, and incorrectly, as a tidal wave.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Perdurant
                        •Event
                                •Phenomenon
                                        •EarthSciencePhenomenon
                                                •HydrologicalPhenomenon
                                                        •HydrospherePhenomenon
                                                        •OceanographicPhenomenon
                                                                •TidalWave
                                                                        •Tsunami
                                                                •Tsunami
                                                                        •TidalWave
                                                                                •Tsunami
                                                •HydrospherePhenomenon
                                                        •HydrologicalPhenomenon

Super Classes

isPotentialCauseOf SOME (CropDamage OR StructuralDamage)
hasAssociatedPhenomenon ONLY Earthquake
OceanographicPhenomenon
isPotentialCauseOf SOME Inundation

Equivalent Classes (Necessary and Sufficient Conditions)

TidalWave

Usage

Class Description/Definition (Necessary Conditions)

SeaQuake, TidalWave
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