A type of water which is between fresh and marine climates. It is usually found where large lakes or rivers flow into the ocean. The salinity leans towards freshwater.
It's neither freshwater nor saltwater; in nature this occurs at the mouths of rivers and swamps near the sea. Some fish live in saltwater but are spawned in brackish or freshwater and vice versa. There are several brackish species available in the aquarium hobby ( brine shrimp prefer this sort of diluted salt water).
Mixed fresh and salt water.
Refers to water with a mineral content in the general range between freshwater and seawater.
water polluted or contaminated by organic matter, salts or acids, or a combination thereof.
water that is saline, but less so than sea water; it may be suitable for selective irrigation and watering of livestock
Water containing salts at a concentration significantly lower than that of sea water. The concentration of total dissolved salts is usually in the range of 1 000 to 10 000 milligrams per litre (UN, 1997).
a mixture of salt and fresh water, usually found where rivers enter the ocean.
A mixture of freshwater and saltwater.
Slightly less salty than sea water.
freshwater mixed with seawater.
A transition area where water from an ocean or sea meets with freshwater. The area where the two different types of water mix is called "Brackish Water" and is higher in salinity than freshwater and lower in salinity than saltwater.
Slightly salty water with an average specific gravity of 1.005
Water that is neither fresh nor saltwater, but is somewhere in between, although the salinity leans towards freshwater. In nature this occurs at the mouths of rivers and swamps near the sea. Some fish live in salt water but are spawned in brackish or fresh water and vice versa.
Water containing bacteria between 1.000 and 15,000 ppm of dissolved solids
(1) Water having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.5 to l7 parts per thousand. (2) Water having less salt than seawater, but undrinkable.
Water that is salty, but less salty than seawater. Seawater has 35,000 mg/L of salts, and is described a saline.
A mixture of fresh water and salt water that is more often than not, off color. Often called “Tea colored water,†it is home to many kinds of juvenile fish and a favorite feeding area of larger fish. Brackish water can be found at the mouths of rivers meeting the ocean, in backcountry bays and tidal rivers.
Water with high salt levels
Water with a salinity level between that of freshwater and seawater.
slightly saline water (between 0.5 and 30 ppm salt), often resulting from saline ocean waters mixing with, and being diluted by, freshwater sources, as in estuaries.
Slightly salty or briny. Brackish water is saltier than fresh water but less salty than seawater.
areas with salty water, usually in coastal marshes and estuaries.
water that is slightly salty
Water that is half fresh and half salt. There are number of species, such as brine shrimp, that prefer this sort of diluted salt water.
Water containing more than 1000 mg/L of dissolved solids is generally considered to be brackish.
Water containing dissolved minerals in amounts that exceed normally acceptable standards for municipal, domestic, and irrigation uses. Considerably less saline than seawater.
This is a zone where salt and fresh water meet. It is composed or varying amounts of salt and fresh water mixed together.
a mixture of freshwater and salt water
Water containing dissolved solids in the range of 1,000 to less than 15,000 parts per million.
Brackish water is slightly salty - it is a mixture of fresh and salt water.
Water containing total dissolved salts in the range 1000–10 000 mg−1.
Water that contains relatively low concentrations of any soluble salts. Brackish water is saltier than fresh.
Salty water which is not as saline as sea water.
Water containing dissolved solids in the range 1,000ppm (parts per million) to 15,000ppm.