Page 2 - Oceanography dictionary by Futura-Sciences

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Conveyor belt The conveyor belt is a schematic representation of ...	Deep convection In oceanography, deep convection is the vertical mixing ...
Demersal A demersal fish lives near the ocean bottom but is able to ...	Downwelling Downwelling is the inverse phenomenon of upwelling. In ...
Ebb The ebb, or ebb tide, is the tidal period during which the ...	Eddy An eddy is a marine term used to describe the whirling ...
Euhaline water Euhaline water is normal sea water, i.e. its salinity is ...	Euphotic zone The euphotic zone, or photic zone, is the area of the ocean ...
Flag of convenience A flag of convenience is the practice of registering a ship ...	Fresh water In terms of salinity, fresh water is water with salinity ...
Gulf Stream The Gulf Stream is the current along the Western boundary of ...	Hadal zone The hadal zone refers to the oceanic trenches and ravines ...
Helsinki Convention Signed in 1974 and then revised in 1992, the Convention on ...	Hypersaline water Hypersaline water is water with a very high salinity level ...
IFREMER IFREMER is the acronym for the Institut Français de ...	Internal tide Internal tide is a term used to describe oscillations that ...
Kuroshio Current The Kuroshio Current, or Kuro-Shivo Current, is a warm ...	Lagging Lagging refers to when the average water level of a lagoon ...
Lagoon A lagoon is a shallow expanse of salt water, sometimes ...	Low-water mark The low-water mark is the edge of the foreshore zone that is ...