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monimolimnions

monimolimnions is the plural of monimolimnion.

Meaning of monimolimnion

Noun

monimolimnion (plural monimolimnions or monimolimnia)

  1. The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above.
    • Mermomictic^([sic – meaning meromictic]) lakes may have an extremely high calcium carbonate content in the monimolimnion.1969, Roger Y[ates] Anderson, Douglas W. Kirkland, “Paleoecology of the Rita Blanca Lake Area”, in Roger Y. Anderson, Douglas W. Kirkland, editors, Paleoecology of an Early Pleistocene Lake on the...

Questions about monimolimnions

What is monimolimnions the plural of?
Monimolimnions is the plural of monimolimnion.

Words near monimolimnions in the dictionary

  1. moniments
  2. monimiaceous
  3. monimolimnia
  4. monimolimnic
  5. monimolimnion
  6. monimolimnions
  7. monimolite
  8. monimostylic
  9. monimostyly
  10. Monipuri
  11. Monipuris

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