Feel like you've floated that one before.Yes I said to Brooklands 'canoe put some more water in it'
I think you might be on to something, sea levels are rising after all.
It’s not surprising, all the royals are related ;-)A friend of mine took his notoriously stupid as fuck girlfriend to Australia on holiday. He had changed a bit of currency to see through the first day and then they changed the rest once there. Examining the notes his bird says 'look at that. Doesnt their Queen look like ours'. Tired from the travelling, he said he could have slit her throat there and then
I make no claim to this in either its origin or veracity but upon first glance it looks plausible.I'm sure someone will correct me but dont some of Floridas rivers flow from the sea.
No, not mangrove swamps, aquifers, that's what I'm getting it mixed up with. Cheers.I make no claim to this in either its origin or veracity but upon first glance it looks plausible.
Actually, yes! Sort of.
There are no surface rivers on Earth that flow inland from the sea, although contrary to some answers here, such a river is merely extremely unlikely, not impossible.
In the tiny African country of Djibouti, across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia, there is a little crater lake called Lake Assal. It lies 155m below sea level and is the saltiest lake anywhere in the world except Antarctica. It is, in fact, about ten times saltier than the ocean.
So how did Lake Assal become so salty? Simple: it is fed by seawater. It has no outflows. Water leaves it by evaporation only. And, not surprisingly, when you take salty water and evaporate water out of it, you get…saltier water.
Water from the Gulf of Tadjoura flows into deep underground aquifers, where it is heated by geothermal activity. This warm, salty seawater then flows out of hot springs near the lake, keeping it full despite the hot, arid climate that rapidly evaporates the lake's water. In short, unlike all sane lakes, Lake Assal was raised badly and never got the memo that water goes out of lakes and into the ocean.
Depending on your definition of “river,” you might call this aquifers-springs-lake system a system of rivers that flow from the sea towards (very low altitude) land.
Would it be possible for a similar water flow to exist on the surface and therefore be more recognizably a river? Yes, of course. The conditions that would make it possible are incredibly rare and complicated…but somewhere in the universe there is surely such a river.
You wouldn't be thinking of the tidal mangrove swamps would you?
I merely copied and pasted Trb. Glad you were correct (ish?) though.No, not mangrove swamps, aquifers, that's what I'm getting it mixed up with. Cheers.
yeah, its murder tying to get the yanks to understand english thoughNothing funnier than seeing an English person abroad trying to speak to someone in their own language, only to have them reply in perfect English.
There is a reason why it is called sea level.
Just sayin'
No, no and ergh no. The sea does not flow into a river. The tide may go into an area usually occupied by fresh water but it is not flowing, it is controlled by the moon and is tidal.Well I agree, however, it's still sea level whether the tide's in or out and the difference between a high tide and a low tide can be the difference between rivers flowing into the sea or sea flowing into the river...or the height of a mountain at sea level would be lower at high tide and higher at low tide.
He's not on about tractors or trucks etc- obviouslyLOL.
At least they wouldn't have been thinking about the farmers driving their electric cars to get tested.
I'm sure someone will correct me but dont some of Floridas rivers flow from the sea.
Neither am IHe's not on about tractors or trucks etc- obviously
OK, so at what state of the tide in any part of the world do they use as absolute sea level, seeing as it is not a constant. There is an 8 mtr difference in the Bristol channel for instance. Slightly off topic but you get my drift.No, no and ergh no. The sea does not flow into a river. The tide may go into an area usually occupied by fresh water but it is not flowing, it is controlled by the moon and is tidal.
My late father in law said that while we were having a family breakfast in Fort Lauderdale (except that he wanted them medium).Thats reminded me of a trip i had to Vegas a few years ago. We went for breakfast on the first morning in the Venetian and we were all sat down waiting to give our order. Our server was taking my brother in laws order who hadnt been to the states before. She asked him how he wanted his eggs cooking and he hesitated for a moment looking totally bemused. Responded after about 20 seconds of silence with 'medium rare please'. We were all in hysterics and the server tried to explain she wanted to know if he wanted fried, scrambled etc. Still take the piss out of him today about it.