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HOMOIOSALINE [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Fresh waters usually undergo comparatively small fluctuations in salinity and are thus "homoiosaline".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Se dit d'une eau dont la composition et la teneur en matériaux dissous est stable. (d'après DULIM, 1966, page 61).

CONT

On appelle eaux homoïohalines les eaux de composition stable, qu'elles soient douces ou que leur salinité et les rapports ioniques de leurs sels soient analogues à ceux de la mer moyenne.

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