meromictic

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meromictic [¦mer·ə¦mik·tik]

(hydrology)

Of or pertaining to a lake whose water is permanently stratified and therefore does not circulate completely throughout the basin at any time during the year.

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No references found			Leaving Lowville behind we headed straight north to another conservation area in the Halton Region Conservation System: Crawford Lake features a so-called meromictic lake, a deep body of water where different layers of water do not intermix. Hello from Ontario - A Driving Tour Along the Niagara Escarpment by Susanne Pacher / Travel, recreation and leisure community In some lakes, called meromictic, the deepest water remains stagnant and never rises to the top; * Thermal stratification. Land of lakes by Canada and the World Backgrounder			mermaid mermaid's purse Merman, Ethel mermen Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Mermin, N. David Mermithidae Mermithoidea Merneptah meroblastic Meroblastic Eggs merocrine Merocrine Secretion merocrystalline Merodach Merodach-baladan Meroe Meroë merogony merohedral Meroitic Merology Merom Merom New Instructions Merom, Waters of meromictic meromixis Meromorphic Function meromyarian meromyosin Meromyza Saltatrix MEROON Merop's Son Merope Meropidae meroplankton meros merospermy merosporangium Merostomata Merostomoidea merosymmetric Merovingian Art Merovingian art and architecture Merovingian dynasty Merovingians Merozoa merozoite Merozoites merozygote Merriam, Charles E., Jr.			Merodach Merodach Merodach-baladan merodiastolic Meroduplex Ribonucleic Acid Meroe Meroe Meroë Meroë merogenesis merogenesis merogony merogony merogony merohedral Meroistic Meroitic Meroïtic Meroitic Empire Meroitic Empire Meroitics merology merology Merom Merom New Instruction Merom New Instructions Merom, Waters of meromelia meromelia meromicrosomia meromictic Meromictic lake Meromictic Lakes meromixis Meromorphic Meromorphic Conformal Field Theory Meromorphic continuation Meromorphic function Meromorphic functions meromyarian meromyarian meromyosin meromyosin meromyosin Meromyza Saltatrix Meronem meronym meronymies meronyms meronymy MEROON Merop's Son Merope Merope Merope Meropenem Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection meropia meropia meropic meropic

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