Eddies
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040941
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85040941#concept
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- found: Glossary of hydrology, 1998:eddy (a circular movement of water that is generally in a different direction from that of the main current; it is a temporary current, usually formed at a point at which a current passes some obstruction, or between two adjacent currents flowing in opposite directions (cf: whirlpool, maelstrom); whirlpool (a body of water moving rapidly in a circular path of relatively limited radius (cf: eddy; maelstrom))
- found: Eapen, P.K. Elsevier's dict. of fisheries, 1999:eddy (1. wind or water moving in a curved or circular direction; 2. current or water running in a direction contrary to that of a tidal stream; whirlpool (current that has a rotary motion over a comparatively small area))
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- 2002-01-28: new
- 2009-01-15: revised
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