is it possible to have a maelstrom in a small river?

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: is it possible to have a maelstrom in a small river?

Date: Tue Oct 17 08:18:57 2000
Posted by jill Couper
Grade level: grad (science) School: n/a
City: Farnborough State/Province: Hampshire Country: UK
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 971785137.En

Message:


I ask this because I remember a place when I was younger that had what we 
called a whirlpool, now I haven't been back since I was 10yrs old - but 
I've always been keen on natural occurances (volcanoes, whirlpools, 
tsunami's etc) - and wouldn't have called something a whirlpool if it wasnt 
one.

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