Whirlpool | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-02

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool


00:00:52 1 Notable whirlpools
00:01:02 1.1 Saltstraumen
00:02:38 1.2 Moskstraumen
00:04:14 1.3 Corryvreckan
00:05:33 1.4 Other notable maelstroms and whirlpools
00:08:34 2 Dangers
00:09:15 3 In literature and popular culture
00:13:03 4 Etymology
00:13:46 5 See also



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A whirlpool (or maelstrom) is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones in seas or oceans may be termed maelstroms. Vortex is the proper term for a whirlpool that has a downdraft.In narrow ocean straits with fast flowing water, whirlpools are often caused by tides. Many stories tell of ships being sucked into a maelstrom, although only smaller craft are actually in danger. Smaller whirlpools appear at river rapids and can be observed downstream of manmade structures such as weirs and dams. Large cataracts, such as Niagara Falls, produce strong whirlpools.