sea state
Noun
Meaning
sea state (plural sea states)
(oceanography) the degree of turbulence at sea, generally measured according to average wave height
Examples
Activist Mustafa Ibrahim told Radio Dabanga from Red Sea state that floods engulfed the entire town of Tokar.
On September 9, Port Sudan witnessed the signing of a reconciliation document between Nuba and Beni Amer tribesmen in Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state.
In eastern Sudan, Khor Baraka* in Red Sea state flooded and broke the Dolbei Bridge, which connects Tokar with the villages to the south.
Non-Black Sea state warships in the Straits must be under 15,000 tons.
The less restrictive rules applicable to Black Sea states were agreed as, effectively, a concession to the Soviet Union, the only Black Sea state other than Turkey with any significant number of capital ships or submarines.