Why does sound travel so far over water?

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Why does sound travel so far over water?

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The surface of water will actually work to absorb sound to some degree. However, far out from shore there are a lack of any other physical objects such as trees, bushes, grass, buildings, soil, etc. So there isn’t much to *block* sound from traveling.

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