Importance of lake‐river interaction on seasonal patterns in the general circulation of Kamloops Lake, British Columbia

The physical effects of a large river (Thompson River) entering a deep, intermontane lake (Kamloops Lake, British Columbia) suggest that, depending upon its temperature relative to that of lake water, river water moves through the lake as a surface overflow, an intermediate depth interflow, or a near-bottom underflow. Circulation is further influenced by the earth’s rotation so that the incoming river flows preferentially along the right-hand shoreline of the lake. Convective overturn in autumn and spring is influenced by cabbeling, which occurs than 4°C and one colder, combine to form a whenever two parcels of water, one warmer mixture whose temperature is at or near 4”~.