# residence time of water

> mean time that water (or some dissolved substance) spends in a particular lake

**Wikidata**: [Q2392001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2392001)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_retention_time)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/residence-time-of-water