How Does Nothing More Beyond: The Strait of Gibraltar Work?

The Strait of Gibraltar is like a big tunnel between two giant swimming pools, one is the Mediterranean Sea, and the other is the Atlantic Ocean.

Imagine you're playing with water in your bathtub, and there's a little hose connecting it to another tub. When you turn on the faucet, water flows from one tub to the other, sometimes more water goes this way, sometimes that way, depending on how much you pour in or out.

The Strait of Gibraltar works just like that. Water from the Atlantic Ocean flows into the Mediterranean Sea, and sometimes water from the Mediterranean Sea flows back, it's like a big, never-ending game of tag between two oceans.

If you put your hand in a stream near the strait, you might feel the water moving under your fingers, it’s like the ocean is breathing and blowing air through its nostrils!

Sometimes, this flow can get stronger, like when you turn on the hose all the way, that's when big waves or even little underwater currents can be felt more clearly. The Strait of Gibraltar is like a big tunnel between two giant swimming pools, one is the Mediterranean Sea, and the other is the Atlantic Ocean.

Imagine you're playing with water in your bathtub, and there's a little hose connecting it to another tub. When you turn on the faucet, water flows from one tub to the other, sometimes more water goes this way, sometimes that way, depending on how much you pour in or out.

The Strait of Gibraltar works just like that. Water from the Atlantic Ocean flows into the Mediterranean Sea, and sometimes water from the Mediterranean Sea flows back, it's like a big, never-ending game of tag between two oceans.