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This article is about a sort of wave on water. Or see Sech (disambiguation)

Illustration of the initiation of a seiche.
A seiche (/'se??/ saysh) is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed
body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed on lakes
, reservoirs, swimming pools, bays, harbours and seas. The key requirement for f
ormation of a seiche is that the body of water be at least partially bounded, al
lowing the formation of the standing wave.
The term was promoted by the Swiss hydrologist Franois-Alphonse
o was the first to make scientific observations of the effect in
itzerland.[1] The word originates in a Swiss French dialect word
sway back and forth", which had apparently long been used in the
ibe oscillations in alpine lakes.
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Causes and nature of seiches
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Seiches around the world
2.1
Lake seiches
2.2
Sea and bay seiches
2.3
Underwater (internal) waves
3
Engineering for seiche protection
4
See also
5
Notes
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Further reading
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External links

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