rip current

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024336",
  "term": "rip current",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A strong, narrow current of surface water that flows seaward through the surf into deeper water.\n\n2. A relatively small-scale surf-zone current moving away from the beach. Rip currents form as waves disperse along the beach causing water to become trapped between the beach and a sandbar or other underwater feature. The water converges into a narrow, river-like channel moving away from the shore at high speed.\n\n3. A formation of water flow in a seaward direction generated by wave action and local topography nearshore. Shallow depressions in the sea floor or breaks in a bar will channel receding water at high velocity away from shore and through the surf zone after onshore wave action.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rip-current/"
}