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English
Etymology
thermo- + halo- + -cline
Noun
thermohalocline (plural thermohaloclines)
- (geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.
2013, Romero Aldemaro, The biology of hypogean fishes:Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)