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#33176. fatguy
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Lake Superior is the world's largest fresh water lake, does it have a tide?
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Friar Tuck
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This Great Lake doesn't have tides like the {ocean;} however, periodically the water levels rise and fall by as much as one foot due to a phenomenon called a 'seiche' (SAYSH, a French word that means 'to sway back and forth'). This happens when water piles up on one side of the lake because of wind or high barometric pressure and then shifts back to the other side. Small seiches occur all the time, but sometimes strong ones can cause ships to bang together in harbors, or leave them high and dry for a few minutes.  http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/habitat/lakesuperior.htm
May 07 03, 10:46 PM
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mochyn
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mochyn says:
lakes by definition do not have a tide but the water level rises minutely
Wed May 07 15:41:39 CDT 2003
Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume
Wed May 07 15:53:38 CDT 2003
one quarter of all the fresh water in the world
http://www.geographia.com/russia/baikal01.htm
Wed May 07 15:55:20 CDT 2003
(Reposted as one entry - McG)
May 16 03, 10:47 AM
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