How is Japan shoring up its defenses against tsunamis?
. Because of the frequency of these events, and its long history has to deal with them, Japan has had to find innovative and imaginative ways to cope.Since tsunami defense is an ongoing battle for the Japanese, let's take a peek at Japan's engineering solutions for future tsunamis., is a series of waves in a body of water created by the rapid displacement of a large amount of water very.
Coastal areas, including those inhabited by people, can be literally wiped off the map if they are unlucky enough to be in the path of an incoming tsunami. For this reason, island nations, like Japan, live in near-constant fear of the next tsunami event within range. the back of the wave is still traveling faster. This water has to go somewhere, so it goes up, building into waves of 10, 20, or even 30 metres in height .From our perspective, where tsunami waves reach land, the destruction wrought, if the area is not inhabited, may not be a problem. However, water-hugging areas of the world have been preferred sites of habitation for our species for many millennia.
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