| 单词 | water mass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater mass water mass n. Oceanography a mass of sea water distinguishable by its temperature and salinity from surrounding water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > by salinity or temperature, etc. water mass1898 1898 A. W. Cronander On Laws of Movement Sea-currents & Rivers 4 [The Baltic's] watermasses must flow..towards the ocean with a rapidity which is considerably greater, than is the case with some of the currents of the ocean. 1976 Nature 19 Feb. 606/2 No influx of the Atlantic watermass into northeast Icelandic waters was observed in June 1975. 2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean iv. 81 Minor changes in the current pattern of the Gulf Stream result in the unexpected appearance of warmer-water species in the English Channel, giving rise to the concept of ‘indicator species’ from which to identify a particular water mass. < as lemmas |
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