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A brine pool, sometimes called an underwater lake, deepwater or brine lake, is a volume of brine collected in a seafloor depression. These pools are dense bodies of water that have a salinity that is typically three to eight times greater than the surrounding ocean. Brine pools are commonly found below polar sea ice and in the deep ocean.
Temperature State or territory Location Date recorded Highest average monthly maximum temperature [7] 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) Western Australia: Marble Bar: December Longest hot spell [7] 160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924 Greatest diurnal temperature range [7] 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F)
Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is "skinny dipping". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body". [1]
The Plunge, built in 1890, is the world's largest natural warm water indoor swimming pool. The hot spring of Saturnia , Italy with around 500 liters a second [ 36 ] Lava Hot Springs in Idaho has a flow of 130 liters/second.
Camanche Reservoir is an artificial lake in the San Joaquin Valley in California in the United States, at the juncture of Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin counties. Its waters are impounded by Camanche Dam, which was completed in 1963.
In 1878, the temperature of the various springs were measured at a range of 60 °F (16 °C) to 122 °F (50 °C). [5] In 1914 the water discharge was measured at a temperature from 111 °F (44 °C) to 118 °F (48 °C) at a rate of two-to-ten gallons per minute.
A 2011 study projected that the frequency and magnitude of both maximum and minimum temperatures would increase significantly as a result of global warming. [13] According to the Fifth National Climate Assessment published in 2023, coastal states including California, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas are experiencing "more significant storms and extreme swings in precipitation".
Long Beach is home to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the RMS Queen Mary docked in Long Beach Harbor, and California State University, Long Beach, as well as the headquarters of the California State University System. 8 Oakland: 436,504 Alameda County: Oakland is the third-largest city in the Bay Area and one of the largest ports on the West Coast.