WATERSPOUTS AND WHIRLPOOLS
Tiny whirlpools can be seen almost everywhere. They can be seen in streams, alongside the curbs of streets, and in the gullys.
Waterspouts have been called wet tornados, but they form during different atmospheric conditions. In the summer parts of ocean can become very hot. The hot air above parts of ocean rises. It lifts a huge amount of water with it into the cooler part of the air. In the air it forms a massive cloud system. Hot air usually starts spinning. It spins so fast that it can form a vertex or a funnel going down from the cloud. If the funnel touches the surface of the water it whips up spray and a waterspout is created. The whirling winds of a waterspout can reach the speed of up to 150 miles per hour. A waterspout may only last ten minutes,but its force can rip apart a small ship, or a plane.
A man named Dr. Swallow discovered a secret about whirlpools. In his experiment Dr. Swallow found underwater whirlpools.These whirlpools have been known as "Deep Water Eddies!"
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