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Epilimnion

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Epilimnion: Warm, less dense top layer in a stratified lake. Compare hypolimnion.
Erosion: The wearing down or washing away of the soil and land surface by the action of water, wind, or ice.

 


Epilimnion: Upper waters of a thermally stratified lake subject to wind action.

epilimnion
Warm, oxygen-rich, upper layer of a stratified water body; usually a seasonal phenomenon.
epiphyte ...

epilimnion The upper layer of water in a thermally stratified lake or reservoir. This layer consists of the warmest water and has a fairly uniform (constant) temperature. The layer is readily mixed by wind action.

Epilimnion The top layer of a lake.

Equivalent The mass of the compound which will produce one mole of available reacting substance.

clinolimnion that portion of a lake where turbulence prevails so that temperature distribution and diffusivity decrease exponentially from high points in the epilimnion to the bathylimnion ...

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