Cline (hydrology)

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Two moon jellyfish disturbing a thermocline in the top water layer of Gullmarn fjord, Sweden

In hydrology and related sciences and technologies, a cline is a comparatively thin, typically horizontal layer within a fluid, in which a property of the fluid varies greatly over a relatively short vertical distance.

Such clines and the respectively varying properties include: