open water

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open water [′ō·pən ′wȯd·ər]

(ecology)

Lake water that is free from emergent vegetation, artificial obstructions, or tangled masses of underwater vegetation at very shallow depths.

(hydrology)

Lake water that does not freeze during the winter.

(oceanography)

Water less than one-tenth covered with floating ice.

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