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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The [[oscillation]] of a body of water at its natural [[period]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Coastal measurements of [[sea level]] often show seiches with amplitudes of a few centimeters and  periods of a few minutes due to oscillations of the local harbor, [[estuary]], or bay, superimposed on  the [[normal]] tidal changes.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In the Great Lakes area of the United States, any sudden rise in the water of a harbor or a  lake, whether or not it is oscillatory.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Although inaccurate in a strict sense, this usage is well established in the Great Lakes area.</div><br/> </div>
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