The swell from the Tohoku tsunami was likely only a foot high (30 cm) when it reached the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, but the consistency of the waves created enough stress to cause the calving.

当东北部海啸所形成的潮水到达苏兹贝格冰架时仅剩一英尺高了（30厘米），但是海浪的惯性施加的压力仍足以引起裂冰作用。

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Normally, thousands of visitors crowd the Banks of Haining or Xiaoshan to watch the waves, which can swell up to 9 meters high.

通常会有上千名观潮者挤上海宁或萧山的堤岸来观潮，潮可以涨到9米高。

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The swells tend to peak for a day or two at head-high or better, with chest- to shoulder-high waves during the days before and after the peak of the swell.

每次来浪会持续一两天头高的浪有时候甚至更高，这种情况下就是说在来浪的前后几天就有胸高肩高的浪可以冲。

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In coastal areas it can swell,or enlarge, to waves of up to thirty meters high.

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