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Another lake well known for its regular seiches is New Zealand's Lake Wakatipu, which varies its surface height at Queenstown by 20 centimetres in a 27-minute cycle. Seiches can also form in semi-enclosed seas; the North Sea often experiences a lengthwise seiche with a period of about 36 hours.
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In the history of Seattle before white settlement, thirteen prominent villages existed in what is now the city of Seattle. The people living near Elliott Bay , and along the Duwamish , Black and Cedar Rivers were collectively known as the doo-AHBSH , or People of the Doo ("Inside").
People living on the east shore of Lake Erie may see the lake's water level rise into their yards and onto roads during this weekend's storm and Arctic invasion. At the same time, residents on the ...
The confluence of the Black and White rivers created the Duwamish River, which emptied into Elliott Bay in Puget Sound. Thus, the water of rivers emptying into Lake Washington, such as the Sammamish River, once flowed through the Black and Duwamish rivers. Today, Lake Washington's water empties into Puget Sound via the Lake Washington Ship ...
Lake Nyos, the site of a limnic eruption in 1986. A limnic eruption, also known as a lake overturn, is a very rare type of natural hazard in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO 2) suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating wildlife, livestock, and humans.
This watershed begins at Kinsey Marsh, draining via Murray Creek into American Lake. Seasonal overflow from American Lake feeds Sequalitchew Lake. The water level of both lakes is maintained year-round by springs and water table seepage. A diversion dam, built by Fort Lewis around 1950, lies near the headwaters of the Creek.
Seiches may refer to: Seiches-sur-le-Loir, a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of France. Seyches is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department of France. Seitsch is the German name of Siciny, a village in Poland. Siech may refer to: Birte Siech (born 1967), German rower. Sietch is a locality in the fictional Dune universe created by ...