Meaning Brackish
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BrackishEnvironment that is influenced by seawater with a salinity less than 35 parts per thousand (usually caused by the presence of an inflow of fresh water).
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Brackish1530s, from Scottish brack "salty" (see brack) + -ish. Related: Brackishness.
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Brackishadj. Slightly salty.
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Brackishslightly saline water (0.5 to 30 parts per thousand).
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BrackishPertaining to waters with a salt concentration between that of pure ocean water and freshwater (ie, bay water). Source: NOAA.
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BrackishWater of intermediate salinity between seawater and freshwater.
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Brackish(adj) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)(adj) distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
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Brackishwater containing too much salt to be useful to people but less salt than ocean water
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BrackishWater in which salinity values range from approximately 0.50 to 17.00.
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BrackishBrackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur naturally, as in brackish fossil aquifers. Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per liter—more often expressed as 0.5 to 30 parts per thous [..]
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BrackishWater with a chloride (salt) level greater than 250 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and less than 19,000 mg/L.
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BrackishWater that has a slight salt content with a specific gravity ranging from 1.006-1.015. Found naturally where rivers meet the ocean.
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BrackishMixed fresh and salt waters.
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BrackishMixed fresh and salt water.
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BrackishMixed fresh and salt water.
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BrackishMixed fresh and salt water.
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BrackishThe mix of water when a fresh waterway mixes with a salty waterway.
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Brackishhalf salt water and half fresh water, as where a river dumps into the seas
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BrackishWater that is a mixture of fresh and salt water.
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BrackishSlightly salty water. Brackish water at the Earth’s surface often occurs in estuaries and lagoons where freshwater and seawater mix.
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BrackishA combination of fresh and salt water. Most of the water in the Bay is brackish.
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Brackishmixed fresh and salt water.
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Brackishcontaining some salt; brackish water: the area in a waterbody where freshwater and saltwater meet
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BrackishWater that is part salty and part fresh found at the mouths of rivers and in coastal lagoons.
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