Definitions for water column
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1. water columnnoun

   A notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.

2. water columnnoun

   The zone in which ascent and descent occur.

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1. Water column

   A water column is a conceptual column of water from the surface of a sea, river or lake to the bottom sediment. Descriptively, the deep sea water column is divided into five parts—pelagic zones (from Greek πέλαγος (pélagos), 'open sea')—from the surface to below the floor, as follows: epipelagic, from the surface to 200 meters below the surface; mesopelagic, from 200 to 1000 meters below the surface; bathypelagic, from 1000 to 4000 meters below the surface; abyssopelagic, from 4000 meters below the surface to the level sea floor; hadopelagic, depressions and crevices below the level sea floor. The concept of water column is useful since many aquatic phenomena are explained by the incomplete vertical mixing of waters with discrete chemical, physical or biological characteristics. For example, when studying the metabolism of benthic organisms, it is the specific bottom layer concentration of available chemicals in the water column that is meaningful, rather than the average value of those chemicals throughout the water column. Water columns are used chiefly for environmental studies evaluating the stratification or mixing of the thermal or chemically stratified layers in a lake, stream or ocean: for example, by wind-induced currents. Some of the common parameters analyzed in the water column are pH, turbidity, temperature, hydrostatic pressure, salinity, total dissolved solids, various pesticides, pathogens and a wide variety of chemicals and biota. The term water column is also commonly used in scuba diving to describe the vertical space through which divers ascend and descend.

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1. WATER COLUMN

   The water column refers to the vertical section of water in a body of water, such as a lake or ocean, extending from the surface to the bottom. It includes all the physical and chemical properties, as well as the organisms and their interactions, within that vertical section. The water column is often studied in various scientific disciplines to better understand aquatic ecosystems, water quality, and oceanographic processes.

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1. Water column

   A water column is a conceptual column of water from surface to bottom sediments. This concept is used chiefly for environmental studies evaluating the stratification or mixing of the thermal or chemically stratified layers in a lake, stream or ocean. Some of the common parameters analyzed in the water column are: pH, turbidity, temperature, salinity, total dissolved solids, various pesticides, pathogens and a wide variety of chemicals and biota. The concept of water column is quite important, since many aquatic phenomena are explained by the incomplete vertical mixing of chemical, physical or biological parameters. For example, when studying the metabolism of benthic organisms, it is the specific bottom layer concentration of available chemicals in the water column that is meaningful, rather than the average value of those chemicals throughout the water column. Hydrostatic pressure can be analyzed by the height of a water column, which effectively yields the pressure at a given depth of the column. The term "water column" is also commonly used in scuba diving to describe the area in which divers ascend and descend.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of water column in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of water column in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of water column in a Sentence

1. Malcolm McCulloch:

   It is at a depth where light can’t penetrate, making a dark water column where there are no signs of light from above or below.

2. David Hastings:

   These plastics will remain in the bay, the gulf and ocean for more than a lifetime, while we use most plastic bags and bottles for less than an hour, although it is tempting to clean up the mess, it is not feasible to remove these particles from the water column or separate them out from sediments.

3. Luiz Rocha:

   It's a really different environment : It's darker( because the water functions as a filter absorbing light, so the deeper you go, the darker it gets) and colder, there are much fewer corals, and almost no algae( because of the lack of light), so the fish community is very different and most fish at this depth feed on plankton( tiny marine invertebrates that live in the water column).

4. Jamie McMichael-Phillips:

   One of the huge challenges we have is quite simply physics, unlike mapping the Earth's surface where we can use a camera [ or ] satellites, at sea, light does not penetrate through the water column. So we're pretty much limited to using sonar systems.

5. Linsey Sala:

   They are mostly grazers in the upper 200 meters (yards) of the ocean, because they can swim in the water column, they can be transported by strong currents.

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