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Waves hitting at an angle and then bending around features of the coast is known as

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Waves hitting at an angle and then bending around features of the coast is known as Wave refraction
When waves hitting a specific angle, some part of the waves will be closer to the shallow part of the water and some part will be closer to the deeper part of the water, which makes the wave became somehow bent around the shore.
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