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An object floats if the upthrust of the water is strong enough to support its weight.
As you enter the water bring both legs sharply together giving maximum upthrust.
The movement also caused an upthrust offshore, in the compression zone, to form a lagoon.
The North Tor is one last big upthrust of granite before the slopes fall away to a pronounced gap.