THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY
features 10 beautiful pictures of unique oceanic scenes. Here's one of the most interesting:
In the resort town of Skagen
you can watch an amazing natural phenomenon. This city is the
northernmost point of Denmark, where the Baltic and North Seas meet. The
two opposing tides in this place can not merge because they have different densities.
The
area where the Baltic and the North Sea come into contact is quite
shallow and so the contact face is relatively small. There is of course
some mixing but it is quite minimal due to the difference of the
density.
It is also helped by the
fact that the Baltic is not tidal which keeps most of its water within
the Baltic basin and this water is constantly being reduced in salinity
by the rivers which drain into the Baltic. Were it not for that small
opening into the North Sea the Baltic would be a giant fresh water lake.
The contact area is a great sight to witness. [link, map]
There are a bunch of awesome pictures there.
This is actually mentioned in the Quran. The holy book of Islam:
ReplyDelete55:19: He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
55:20: Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
Didn't know that.
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