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Water mountains are my new favorite concept

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[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 87 points 1 year ago (9 children)

There are "hills" on the sea. I doesn't prove that Earth is not also round.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography

[โ€“] rockyTron@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yep. This is due to variations in the gravitational magnitude at any point from the earth, moon, sun, and other bodies, as well as the periodicity of the earth/moon/sun rotations interacting with friction (between the sea and the sea, the sea and the atmosphere, and the sea and the lithosphere), and creating a giant standing wave (which is constantly changing, like an instrument or a musical composition) of ocean water all over the earth. This doesn't even take into account atmospheric pressure and water temperature/viscosity variations. The earth is a complex system with waves upon waves upon waves of interacting coupled oscillations all interfering with each other. Whoa ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] sinkingship@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

And more. Major river discharge can raise the sea level in the area. Then big circular currents similar like when you stirr your cup of coffee or tea. Or chocolate milk ๐Ÿคค

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