A
whirlpool is a swirling body of water
produced by the meeting of opposing currents. The vast majority of
whirlpools are not very powerful. More powerful ones are properly termed
maelstroms.Whirlpools in oceans are usually caused by tides. The most powerful whirlpools are created in narrow, shallow straits with fast flowing water. Powerful whirlpools have killed unlucky seafarers, but their power tends
to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large
ships ever being sucked into a whirlpool. In popular imagination, but only rarely in reality, whirlpools can have the dangerous effect of destroying boats.
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| Photo credit: © Norbert Rosing - LINK |
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| The Naruto whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan. Japan - LINK |
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| Tidal whirlpool created during Hurricane Irene. Photo by Arlo West on Flickr |
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| Corryvreckan Whirlpool: This enticing whirlpool in the Sound of Jura, Scotland - LINK |
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| large whirlpool known as "Old Sow" off the coast of Maine - LINK |
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| The Naruto Whirlpools, Japan - LINK |
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| Natural whirlpool at the Tatzelwurm Waterfalls near Sudelfeld in Southern Germany. - LINK |
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