Talk:Lost Lovers' Pool

Tides in Shalane Lake?
Hi. Tides in the Deepwash, of which Shalane Lake forms the western part, was doubted, as tides on Earth are usually only known from seas and oceans, not inland lakes. However, Deepwash is a huge lake and with a great depth too, so notable tides should certainly occur.

Here is the original note:


 * The sourcebook erroneously describes this as a "sea cave" and makes a note about accessibility only during low tide. As the Deepwash is an inland lake, it could not possibly have noticeable tides.

Not true. Deepwash Lake is enormous, more than 200 miles long and with very deep waters. It could well be compared to Lake Baikal in Russia, the largest freshwater lake on Earth. Lake Baikal experiences a tidal difference of about 1 metre. Look here fx.: https://tides4fishing.com/as/russia-vladivostok-time/baikal-bay Deepwash runs East-West, in contrast to Lake Baikal's South-North placement, this could lead to higher tides in Deepwash, as larger water-masses gets concentrated in narrower bays.

I would also like to point out, that Toril is about the same size as Earth, maybe a little bigger. And Selûne is about the same size as the Moon. Selûne, though, is significantly closer to Toril than the Moon is to Earth. There seems to be some dispute as to how close exactly, and the distance might have changed during the Spellplague and/or The Second Sundering. But being closer, gives a larger tidal effect. So the tidal effect on Toril is larger than here on Earth in all circumstances.

My best guess would be that the tidal effect in Shalane Lake could be 1.5 - 2 metres, maybe even more in some local bays. The tidal effect could be diminished by water currents from the inflow rivers, but I don't see how to assess that, it could be anyones guess.

Ith&#39;ilith Obran (talk) 03:05, October 13, 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your interest in this topic.


 * I have looked into this, and your reasoning seems to make sense. Nevertheless, it is equally speculation, and there is no reason not to have a note about this in the article still. What I am going to do is tone down my language and include some of your speculation in the note, as a sort of middle-ground view.


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 21:16, October 13, 2019 (UTC)