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Water masses at the Earth's surface — ▪ Table Water masses at the Earth s surface reservoir volume (in millions of cubic kilometres) percent of total oceans 1,370.0 97.25 ice caps and glaciers 29.0 2.05 deep groundwater* (750–4,000 metres) 5.3 0.38 shallow groundwater (less than 750… … Universalium
water mass — n. a large body of oceanic water usually identified by a well defined relationship between temperature and salinity or chemical content: usually a mixture of two or more such bodies, each having a specified temperature and salinity * * * ▪… … Universalium
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North Atlantic Deep Water — (NADW) is a water mass that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is largely formed in the Labrador Sea and in the Greenland Sea by the sinking of highly saline, dense overflow water from the Greenland Sea. The watermass can be traced around the… … Wikipedia
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