WHAT PLACE DO TWO SEAS MEET, BUT NEVER MIX? | PENGlobal

Did you know that there are two seas that meet, but never mix due to their different density, temperature and salinity levels?

On the northern tip of Jutland in Denmark lies the wonder that is Grenen Beach. It’s the place where two seas meet but never mix. The Baltic Sea and the North Sea meet at some point and causes a line of white foam to appear on the surface of the water.

Like there was an invisible barrier between the two, their waters do not mix creating a truly amazing visual effect that seems almost supernatural.

It’s an incredible natural phenomenon caused by the difference in densities and salinities of the two seas. At the point where they meet, an interesting exchange of sediments occur. 

Somewhere near the surface, small parcels of the water from both seas converge causing tiny bubbles to be formed. The bubbly foam then creates a line that shows the border of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The currents of the two seas came from opposite directions.

This beautiful confluence of two water bodies creates something that never ceases to materialize on the surface. As long as their currents flow, the beautiful line that distinguishes them from each other will still be there bubbling up on the surface.

No matter how much they crash together again and again, they never lose themselves into each other. They stayed the way they are but they were able to create this magnificent thing between them. The coming together of two seas carrying waters from different parts of the world has never been this breathtaking.

Source:

https://medium.com/@reinnamicaella/where-two-seas-meet-but-never-mix-dfc7299e871f