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Seiche

A Seiche (pronounced SAYSH) or an underwater wave is an underwater, irregular fluctuation or rhythmic rocking of the water level of a lake, first noted in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Observers on the surface may not know a seiche is happening.

Seiches are common between warm and cold-water layers, notably in Loch Ness, Scotland, and some evidence cited for the Loch Ness monster and the Lake Champlain monster (see also Lake monster and Sea monster) may trace to seiches.

Seiches often occur during earthquakes and may be caused by wind or underwater landslides.

Seiche is also a French term for a type of cuttlefish.

External links and references

General:

• What is a seiche?
• Seiche. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 24, 2004, from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
• Seiche calculator
• Seiche acoustics page
• 1911 Britannica on seiches (says very little)

On aquatic monsters:

• The unmuseum on seiches & their relationhip to aquatic monsters
• The Skeptical Inquirer on seiches & their relationhip to aquatic monsters
• Geological page on seiches & their relationhip to aquatic monsters

The French term:

• On the French meaning of seiche

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