water temperature

physics

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ice in lakes and rivers

  • Heat flow through an ice cover (see text).
    In ice in lakes and rivers: Changes in temperature structure

    …the temperature structure of lake water. In most lakes during the summer, a layer of warm water of lower density lies above colder water below. In late summer, as air temperatures fall, this top layer begins to cool. After it has cooled and has reached the same density as the…

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