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Reverse Estuarine Flow

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024250

An estuarine circulation where evaporation greatly exceeds freshwater input, as in hot dry climes, salinity is concentrated within the estuarine basin. This results in a salinity maximum in the estuary that can far exceed seawater salinity

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024250
FieldEnvironment
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-024250",
  "term": "Reverse Estuarine Flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An estuarine circulation where evaporation greatly exceeds freshwater input, as in hot dry climes, salinity is concentrated within the estuarine basin. This results in a salinity maximum in the estuary that can far exceed seawater salinity",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/reverse-estuarine-flow/"
}

Record 24,250 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.