Editing Tsunami (section)

==Tsunami heights==
[[File:Tsunami run-up, height, and inundation.png|thumb |upright=1.35|Diagram showing several measures to describe a tsunami size, including height, inundation and run-up]]
Several terms are used to describe the different characteristics of tsunami in terms of their height:<ref>{{cite web|title=Tsunami Glossary|url=http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1142&Itemid=1142}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html|title=Tsunami Terms}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/know/faq/faq26.html|script-title=ja:津波について|trans-title=About Tsunamis|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]|lang=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coastal.jp/ttjt/index.php?%E6%B4%A5%E6%B3%A2%E3%81%AE%E9%AB%98%E3%81%95%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%9A%E7%BE%A9 |script-title=ja:津波の高さの定義 |trans-title=Tsunami height definition |website=The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami Joint Survey (TTJS) Group |access-date=2025-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627081951/https://coastal.jp/ttjt/index.php?%E6%B4%A5%E6%B3%A2%E3%81%AE%E9%AB%98%E3%81%95%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%9A%E7%BE%A9 |archive-date=2022-06-27 |url-status=live |lang=ja}}</ref>
* Amplitude, Wave Height, or Tsunami Height: Refers to the height of a tsunami relative to the normal sea level at the time of the tsunami, which may be tidal High Water, or Low Water. It is different from the crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tsunami Amplitude|url=http://weready.org/tsunami/index.php?option=com_glossary&letter=T&id=73}}</ref>
* Run-up Height, or Inundation Height: The height reached by a tsunami on the ground above sea level, Maximum run-up height refers to the maximum height reached by water above sea level, which is sometimes reported as the maximum height reached by a tsunami.
* Flow Depth: Refers to the height of tsunami above ground, regardless of the height of the location or sea level.
* (Maximum) Water Level: Maximum height above sea level as seen from trace or water mark. Different from maximum run-up height in the sense that they are not necessarily water marks at inundation line/limit.