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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 387 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WATERSPOUT , a See also:

local vorticular See also:storm occurring over a See also:water-See also:surface, and in origin and See also:form similar to a See also:tornado (q.v.) over the See also:land. A whirling, See also:funnel-shaped See also:cloud, first observed as a See also:pendant from the See also:mass of storm-cloud above, seems to grow downwards, tapering, towards the water-surface, which is violently agitated, and finally (when the spout is fully See also:developed) appears to be See also:drawn up to meet the cloud from above. This See also:appearance is deceptive, as the bulk of the water carried along by the whirling spout is condensed from the See also:atmosphere, and, even when the spout is formed over a See also:salt-water surface, is found to be fresh. Waterspouts occur most frequently over the warm seas of the tropics, but they are not confined to the warmer tropical seasons, or even to See also:low latitudes.

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