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Winter Water Mass

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030501

The mass of water produced - and introduced to oceans - as a result of melting winter ice formations. These water masses tend to be fresher than surrounding waters, and they often flow over the denser salt water.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030501
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030501",
  "term": "Winter Water Mass",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The mass of water produced - and introduced to oceans - as a result of melting winter ice formations. These water masses tend to be fresher than surrounding waters, and they often flow over the denser salt water.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/winter-water-mass/"
}

Record 30,501 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.