Usually means: Layer where salt concentration changes.
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  1. halocline: Merriam-Webster
  2. halocline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. halocline: Collins English Dictionary
  4. halocline: Wiktionary
  5. halocline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. halocline: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. halocline: Dictionary.com
  8. Halocline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. halocline: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (halocline)

▸ noun:  a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt

Similar:
horohalinicum, salt line, salt wedge, phosphocline, brackish water, water column, nutricline, thermohaline circulation, saltwedge, lake stratification, more...

Opposite:
thermocline, pycnocline, chemocline

Types:
pycnocline, thermocline, more...

Adjectives:
permanent, strong, sharp, shallow, cold, primary, stable, secondary, lower, main, pronounced

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Similar:
horohalinicum, salt line, salt wedge, phosphocline, brackish water, water column, nutricline, thermohaline circulation, saltwedge, lake stratification, more...

Opposite:
thermocline, pycnocline, chemocline

Types:
pycnocline, thermocline, more...

Adjectives:
permanent, strong, sharp, shallow, cold, primary, stable, secondary, lower, main, pronounced



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