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HYPOLIMNIA [1 record]

Record 1 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The water below the thermocline in a stratified body of water.

CONT

Water's unique temperature-density relationship results in the formation of distinct layers within nonflowing bodies of water ... During the summer, a surface layer (epilimnion) is heated by solar radiation and, because of its lower density, floats upon the bottom layer, or hypolimnion. This phenomenon is called thermal stratification.

OBS

hypolimnion: term and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

Plural: hypolimnia.

Key term(s)
  • hypolimnia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Couche d'eau qui, dans une masse d'eau stratifiée, est située sous [la] thermocline.

OBS

hypolimnion : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Capa de agua situada en la zona más profunda de un lago, caracterizada por una temperatura generalmente uniforme y más fría que el resto del lago, por lo general es pobre en oxígeno.

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