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Marine lake

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016553

An inland body of permanently standing brackish or saline water whose water level is commonly influenced by ocean tides through subterranean cavities connecting to nearby lagoons. The lake is generally of appreciable size (larger than a pond) and too deep to permit emergent vegetation to take root completely across the expanse of water. Such water bodies can have unique biota (e.g., the stingless jellyfish of Palau).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016553
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016553",
  "term": "Marine lake",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Marine Lake",
  "definition": "An inland body of permanently standing brackish or saline water whose water level is commonly influenced by ocean tides through subterranean cavities connecting to nearby lagoons. The lake is generally of appreciable size (larger than a pond) and too deep to permit emergent vegetation to take root completely across the expanse of water. Such water bodies can have unique biota (e.g., the stingless jellyfish of Palau).",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/marine-lake/"
}

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