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Monomictic — lakes are holomictic lakes that mix from top to bottom during one mixing period each year. Monomictic lakes may be subdivided into two types:1) Cold Monomictic lakes are lakes that are covered by ice throughout much of the year. During their… … Wikipedia
Monomictic lake — Lake zones Littoral zone Limnetic zone Profundal zone Bent … Wikipedia
lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) … Universalium
Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly … Universalium
Lake Titicaca — View of the Lake from the Bolivian shore. Coordinates … Wikipedia
Lake stratification — Lake zones Littoral zone Limnetic zone Profundal zone Bent … Wikipedia
Lake — For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). Oeschinen Lake in the Swiss Alps A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the… … Wikipedia
Amictic — lakes are holomictic lakes that are permanently ice covered. They are restricted to very cold climates (Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine). [Lewis, WM Jr, 1983. A revised classification of lakes based on mixing. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and… … Wikipedia
Polymictic — lakes are holomictic lakes that are too shallow to develop thermal stratification; thus, their waters can mix from top to bottom throughout the ice free period. Polymictic lakes can be divided into cold polymictic lakes (i.e., those that are ice… … Wikipedia
