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Ice Disk
Ice discs, ice circles, ice pans, ice pancakes or ice crepes are a very rare natural phenomenon that occurs in slow moving water in cold climates. They are thin circular slabs of ice that rotate slowly on a body of water's surface. Types Ice discs Ice discs form on the outer bends in a river where the accelerating water creates a force called 'rotational shear', which breaks off a chunk of ice and twists it around. As the disc rotates, it grinds against surrounding ice — smoothing into a circle. A relatively uncommon phenomenon, one of the earliest recordings is of a slowly revolving disc spotted on the Mianus River and reported in an 1895 edition of ''Scientific American''. Ice pans River specialist and geography professor Joe Desloges states that ice pans are "surface slabs of ice that form in the center of a lake or creek, instead of along the water’s edge". As water cools, ice crystals form into 'frazil ice' and can cluster together into a pan-shaped formation. If ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vana-vigala Spinning Ice Disk
Vana-Vigala is a village in Märjamaa Parish, Rapla County in western Estonia. Since 2002, the Heavy metal music, metal festival Hard Rock Laager has been held in Vana-Vigala every summer. The Vigala (river), Vigala River flows through Vana-Vigala. The natural phenomenon known as the Ice Circle of Vana-Vigala appears on the river. Vana-Vigala Manor Vana-Vigala Manor () dates from 1420, when the first fortified manor house was built near the present building. The current building was built from 1772 to 1775. It stands on soft ground and has had to be strengthened on several occasions. In 1858 and 1864, restoration was carried out and the façade was changed. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, rioters set fire to the house, with heavy damage ensuing, including the loss of the 20,000-volume library. The house was later restored, and by 1914 it had regained most of its earlier look. In the 18th century, a romantic park and a deer park were laid out around the manor. During almo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presumpscot River
The Presumpscot River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river located in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is the main outlet of Sebago Lake. The river provided an early transportation corridor with reliable water power for industrial development of the city of Westbrook and the village of South Windham. Course The river flows through the communities of Standish, Windham, Gorham, Westbrook, Portland, and Falmouth before emptying into Casco Bay at Falmouth. The river is bridged by Maine State Route 35 between Standish and Windham, near North Windham, by the North Gorham to Windham Center road between Gorham and Windham, by the Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division between North Windham and South Windham, and by U.S. Route 202 in South Windham. The river is bridged again by the Maine Central Mountain Division in Westbrook and by U.S. Route 302 at Riverton b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Morphology
The terms river morphology and its synonym stream morphology are used to describe the shapes of river channels and how they change in shape and direction over time. The morphology of a river channel is a function of a number of processes and environmental conditions, including the composition and erodibility of the bed and banks (e.g., sand, clay, bedrock); erosion comes from the power and consistency of the current, and can affect the formation of the river's path. It also can be affected by vegetation and the rate of plant growth; the availability of sediment; the size and composition of the sediment moving through the channel; the rate of sediment transport through the channel and the rate of deposition on the floodplain, banks, bars, and bed; and regional aggradation or degradation due to subsidence or uplift. River morphology can also be affected by human interaction. An example of human-induced change in river morphology is dam construction, which alters the ebb flow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Ice
Water ice may refer to: *Ice formed by water (as opposed to other substances) *In ice climbing, ice made from flowing water (as opposed to ice from precipitation) *The alternate term for various similar frozen fruit-flavoured desserts: ** Italian ice, primarily in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley **Sorbet Sorbet (, ) is a frozen dessert made using ice combined with fruit juice, fruit purée, or other ingredients, such as wine, liqueur, or honey. Sorbet does not contain dairy products. Sherbet is similar to sorbet, but contains dairy. Etymolog ... See also * Ice water (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodies Of Ice
Bodies may refer to: Literature * ''Bodies'' (comics), a 2014–2015 Vertigo Comics detective fiction series * ''Bodies'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Jed Mercurio * ''Bodies'', a 1977 play by James Saunders * ''Bodies'', a 2009 book by Susie Orbach Music Albums * ''Bodies'' (album), by AFI, 2021 * ''Bodies'' (album), by Thornhill, 2025 * ''Bodies'' (EP), by Celia Pavey, or the title song, 2014 Songs * "Bodies" (Sex Pistols song), 1977 * "Bodies", by Danzig from Danzig III: How the Gods Kill, 1992 * "Bodies", by the Smashing Pumpkins from '' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', 1995 * "Bodies" (Drowning Pool song), 2001 * "Bodies" (Little Birdy song), 2007 * "Bodies" (Robbie Williams song), 2009 * "Bodies", by Megadeth from '' Endgame'', 2009 * "Bodies", by CeeLo Green from '' The Lady Killer'', 2010 * "Bodies", by Dominic Fike from ''Sunburn'', 2023 * "Bodies" (unreleased), by Kendrick Lamar from '' GNX'' trailer Television * ''Bodies'' (2004 TV series), a British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná Delta
The Paraná Delta () is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina and it consists of several islands known as the Islas del Paraná. The Paraná flows north–south and becomes an alluvial basin (a flood plain) between the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires then emptying into the . It covers about and starts to form between the cities of Santa Fe and Rosario, where the river splits into several arms, creating a network of islands and wetlands. Most of it is in the jurisdiction of Entre Ríos Province, and parts in the north of Buenos Aires Province. The Paraná Delta is conventionally divided into three parts: * the Upper Delta, from the Diamante – Puerto Gaboto line to Villa Constitución; * the Middle Delta, from Villa Constitución to the Ibicuy Islands; * the Lower Delta, from the Ibicuy Islands to the mouth of the river. The total length of the delta is about , and its width varies between . It carries 160 million tonnes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ojo
El Ojo () is an uninhabited circular rotating floating island located within a slightly larger circular lake in the Paraná Delta in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Description The island is unique among floating islands as its shape is almost perfectly circular. As the island is constantly rotating on its own axis due to the flow of the river beneath it, shearing occurs around its outer edge, eroding the island into its circular shape, similar to ice disks. The island is currently approximately in diameter, but it is expected to get smaller over time with erosion. It is not yet known how or when the island was formed, with the first known Google Earth imagery being dated 2003. The island was named because of its resemblance to an eye when viewed from above: as the island rotates within its surrounding circular lake, the eye appears to move. The island has been compared to a similarly shaped and rotating floating ice disk phenomenon observed in the Presumpscot River n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Carousel
An ice carousel is a circular piece of ice made to spin like a carousel within a larger body of water, often a frozen lake. It is a man-made phenomenon, made by cutting the floating ice sheet, unlike the natural rotating ice circles. History In 2017, Janne Käpylehto carved one in Lohja, in Finland. Two men created one in Burntside Lake, near Ely, Minnesota, in 2018. An ice carousel created in Little Falls, Minnesota, in early 2019 was dubbed the largest in the world. In December 2019, on a lake in Clerval, Abitibi, Québec, Canada, a team constructed an ice carousel with a diameter of and an area of , surpassing the prior record of set in the United States. The feat was recognized by the World Ice Carousel Association, which keeps track of records. An even larger ice carousel was cut into Lake Lappajärvi in Finland by Janne Käpylehto's team in February 2023. The carousel has a diameter of . In April 2023, Volunteers in Madawaska, Maine, Madawaska, Maine, United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of the first quarter of 2025 is 45,074. Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and the only city in the territory; its population was 20,340 as of the 2021 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission. The Northwest Territories, a portion of the old North-Western Territory, entered the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870. At first, it was named the North-West Territories. The name was changed to the present Northwest Territories in 1906. Since 1870, the territory has been divided four times to create new provinces and territories or enlarge existing ones. Its current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taltson River
The Taltson River is a roughly river in the Northwest Territories of Canada that drains into the Great Slave Lake. There are three hydroelectric power control structures on the river, and one power station. Name The river was formerly known as the Copper Indian River in reference to the Dene known as the Yellowknives or Copper Indians. The name is derived from ''Tatsan'' which means "scum of water" and is an expression for copper. A 1918 government source says the name means "between high rocks". Other names formerly used include Copper Indian, Rocher, Rock, T'altsan and Yellow Knife. Basin The Taltson River basin has a subhumid, high boreal ecoclimate. Summer are typically cool and winters are very cold. The basin covers about in the region between Lake Athabasca and Great Slave Lake. It contains a complex of interconnected lakes that drain first in a southwest direction and then northward into the Slave River lowland zone. The Tazin River is a major tributary. There are three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skowhegan, Maine
Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place or fish" and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War. History Original inhabitants For thousands of years prior to European settlement, this region of Maine was the territory of the Kinipekw (later known as Kennebec) Norridgewock tribe of Abenaki. The Norridgewock village was located on the land now known as Madison. The Abenaki relied on agriculture (corn, beans, and squash) for a large part of their diet, supplemented by hunting, fishing, and the gathering of wild foods. The Skowhegan Falls (which have since been replaced by the Weston Dam) descended 28 feet over a half-mile on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
