reservoir - please can you help settle an arguement...

[hippyhoppy]

I say there are no 'currents' in a reservoir.. as basically it's just a huge puddle... however my friend and daughter disagree with me... who's correct..? (And the answer is me!!)

[rowanwitch]

As there is an exit point for the water there must be a consistant flow of water in that direction the current created would be stronger near the exit but less so further out..

[another-view]

It would stagnate if it didn't move.

[hippyhoppy]

Oh crap - that mean's lunch is on me!!

[Count-A-Strong]

there will be minor currents near the surface from the wind and fairly strong currents near the outlet.

[McMouse]

I like your raisin d'etre rowan.

[jno]

I suppose it really depends whether there is steady inflow and outflow of water - if so it'll create a current. But if it just fills up from rain, and flows out when someone opens a floodgate, I don't think that would really be a current.

[Captain Spod]

I think it depends on size. I recently went on a guided tour of Lake Powell which has been created by a damn big dam on the Colorado. I asked if there was a current and the answer was no because the relatively small amount of water entering is immediately stopped by the vast quantity it meets. Likewise the outflow; any effect is very local.