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Lens

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015598

A homogeneous parcel of water that - by composition - maintains coherence within water of different properties. Often a freshwater lens will sit perched atop saline ocean waters for long periods.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015598
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015598",
  "term": "Lens",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A homogeneous parcel of water that - by composition - maintains coherence within water of different properties. Often a freshwater lens will sit perched atop saline ocean waters for long periods.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lens/"
}

Record 15,598 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.