Whirlpool
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A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Miniature whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in s
The Gulf of Corryvreckan whirlpool in Scotland is the third-largest whirlpool in the world.
A whirlpool in a glass of water
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Corryvreckan whirlpool
A Descent into the Maelström
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"A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales
Artist Harry Clarke's 1919 illustration for "A Descent into the Maelström"
"A Descent into the Maelström" first appeared in Graham's Magazine, May 1841.