Holomictic
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Holomictic lakes are non-meromictic lakes (i.e., at some time during the year, the water in these lakes will have a uniform temperature and density from top to bottom, allowing the lake waters to completely mix). Although the permanent ice-cover of amictic lakes prevents mixing, they are also regarded as being holomictic.[1]
Most lakes are holomictic; meromictic lakes are considered rare, although they may be more common than generally acknowledged,
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- ^ Lewis, WM Jr, 1983. A revised classification of lakes based on mixing. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 1779-1787.
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