Hydraulic jump

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What Wikipedia says

A hydraulic jump is an abrupt increase in the depth of a fast-moving liquid stream in an open channel, which is accompanied by a decrease in speed. The jump appears as a wavy or turbulent region between the high-speed upstream flow and the slower downstream flow.

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