Partially mixed domain

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020275",
  "term": "Partially mixed domain",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Partially Mixed Domain",
  "definition": "An estuarine circulation with an intermediate level of advective and tidal energy that can disrupt the density barrier between the fresher upper and salty lower water column of an estuary, entraining water in both directions. This results in a gradient of increasing salinity from top to bottom, with no barrier to mixing.",
  "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/partially-mixed-domain/"
}