Meddy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016862",
  "term": "Meddy",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A lens of water that enters the eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean Sea, flows down the Continental slope and pinches off at the depth of neutral buoyancy, about 1,000 meters. The salty warm water rotates clockwise and travels slowly westward in the Atlantic, persisting for many months.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/meddy/"
}