Cline (hydrology)

In hydrology and related sciences and technologies, a cline is a comparatively thin, typically horizontal layer within a fluid, in which a property of the fluid varies greatly over a relatively short vertical distance.

Two moon jellyfish disturbing a thermocline in the top water layer of Gullmarn fjord, Sweden

Such clines and the respectively varying properties include:


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