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What is thermal stratification? Mention their types.

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Thermal Stratification is usually found in aquatic habitat. The change in the temperature profile with increasing depth in a water body is called thermal stratification. There are three kinds of thermal stratifications.

1. Epilimnion – The upper layer of warmer water. 

2. Metalimnion – The middle layer with a zone of gradual decrease in temperature. 

3. Hypolimnion – The bottom layer of colder water



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