A whirlpool is a rotating body of water created by opposing currents or a current encountering an obstacle. Smaller versions are common when draining bathtubs or sinks. Larger, more powerful whirlpools in seas or oceans are known as maelstroms. A vortex is a specific type of whirlpool characterized by a downdraft.
In 1945, the Corryvreckan whirlpool played a key role in the film "I Know Where I'm Going!". The characters face the whirlpool after their boat engine fails, and they manage to repair it before the tide turns.
On November 20, 1980, a short-lived whirlpool formed in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana, after underwater drillers accidentally breached a salt mine. The lake drained into the mine, causing a sinkhole that destroyed five houses, nineteen barges, eight tug boats, oil rigs, a mobile home, trees, land, and most of a botanical garden. The adjacent settlement of Jefferson Island was reduced in area by 10%, and a crater was left behind.
In 2000, a whirlpool in French Pass (Te Aumiti), New Zealand, caused the deaths of student divers.
In 2007, the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" featured a final battle between ships inside a giant whirlpool.
In early June 2015, an intake vortex, or artificial whirlpool, formed in Lake Texoma on the Oklahoma-Texas border. This occurred near the dam's floodgates while the lake was being drained from its highest level. The Army Corps of Engineers expected the whirlpool to dissipate by late July as the lake returned to normal seasonal levels.
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