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CENTRAL WATER [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

The water mass of the permanent or oceanic thermocline, which is located at a depth of between 150 and 800 m.

CONT

Central water is formed by subduction in the subtropics between 25° and 45° latitude in both hemispheres. It therefore spans a wide temperature and salinity range, with temperature and salinity both decreasing with depth. Each ocean has its own central water with its own specific temperature–salinity relationship depending on the atmospheric conditions in the formation region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Les eaux de la thermocline dite «permanente» ou encore «eaux centrales» sont des eaux où la température se modifie le plus vite selon la profondeur.

OBS

eau centrale : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • eaux centrales

Spanish

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