Subantarctic Intermediate Water

Subantarctic Intermediate Water

[¦səb·ant′ärd·ik ‚in·tər‚mēd·ē·ət ′wȯd·ər]

(oceanography)

A layer of water above the deep-water layer in the South Atlantic.

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