Overturn

Meaning, Term, and Glossary Definition - What is Overturn?

One complete cycle of top to bottom mixing of previously stratified water masses. This phenomenon may occur in spring or fall, or after storms, and results in uniformity of chemical and physical properties of water at all depths.

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