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A spiral mark showing circulating water.
Also known as: Eddy symbol chart, Circulating water symbol
On a nautical chart eddies are drawn as small spiral marks, showing water circulating where a stream is deflected by a headland or an obstruction.
Marks water circulating where a stream is deflected by an obstruction or a headland.
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Completes the disturbed-water group with tide rips and overfalls, all three of which vary with the state of the tide.
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One or more small spiral curls, each a line coiling inward, drawn over the area where the water circulates.