Talk:Water column

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2019 and 9 April 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Emilycalvin.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 12:42, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

This page should be renamed Water column
It is absurd to have different pages for lakes and oceans. scientists relate to the concept of water column in any type of water body. Just look at the incoming links to the disambig page! Even Brittanica has figured this one out. Anlace 04:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Water column - Hydraulic Head?
Is the measure of pressure under a water column similar or equal to that described as Hydraulic Head? CybergothiChé (talk) 15:28, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

The different zones
What defines the different zones of the water column referred to in this article? Emilycalvin (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Apparently these are defined by different depth ranges. This is not really related to physical or biogeochemical fields or processes, hence not always useful.  In most oceanographic research (including my own) we rather use terms like «(eu)photic zone»—typically defined as where light penetration is at least 1% —, «mixed layer» and «compensation depth».  The first term means literally the same as «epipelagic zone», but whereas the epipelagic layer is 200 m thick (by definition), the euphotic layer varies usually from metres to maybe 300 m. Hulten (talk) 12:35, 15 March 2019 (UTC)