1) Coastal geography
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Brackish water or briny water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root `brak`. Certain human activities can produce brackish water, in particular cer.....
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water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries.
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Mixture of seawater and freshwater. The low salt-rate usually excludes those organisms that eat wood on shipwrecks, e.g. the shipworm Teredo Navalis.
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Found mainly near the coast in estuaries and saltmarshes where fresh water and saltwater mix.
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(1) Water having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.5 to l7 parts per thousand. (2) Water having less salt than seawater, but undrinkable.
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(1) Water having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.5 to l7 parts per thousand. (2) Water having less salt than seawater, but undrinkable
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Slightly less salty than sea water.
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Generally, water containing dissolved minerals in amounts that exceed normally acceptable standards for municipal, domestic, and irrigation uses. Considerably less saline than sea water. Also, Marine and Estuarine waters with Mixohaline salinity (0.5 to 30 due to ocean salts). Water containing between 1,000-4,000 parts per million (PPM) Total Disso...
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Water with a salt content that is intermediate between freshwater and sea water.
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water that contains relatively low concentrations of soluble salts. Brackish water is saltier than fresh water but not as salty as salt water.
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Water with a salt content between 1000 and 4000 parts per million.
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water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries.
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is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. The mixture of sea water and fresh water is what is refered to as brackish. Brackish water habitats are found within estuaries.
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