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The biologically-diverse, brackish ecosystems are idyllic for birdwatching, kayaking, and fishing—a secret discovery zone set just off from the beaches.
THE 25 BEST FALL TRIPS IN THE WORLDJVERSTEEGHAUGUST 9, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIn particular, as blue power plants mix fresh and salty water, they discharge something in between called brackish water.
ESTUARIES COULD POWER US TO A LOW-CARBON FUTURECLAIRE MALDARELLIJUNE 23, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIts mix of fresh, brackish and salt water — together with mostly moderate winds and temperatures — makes it a magnet for sailors and fishermen.
HOW EARTH’S TUMULTUOUS HISTORY GAVE THE MID-ATLANTIC ITS BELOVED DESTINATIONSWALTER NICKLINJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith their luxuriant canopies and pillar-like roots extending deep into brackish water, mangroves provide shelter for small fish and help clean coasts.
HUMANITY’S GREATEST ALLY AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE EARTH ITSELFSARAH KAPLANAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAll the ancient, fishy lamprey larvae were found in saltwater environments, Miyashita says, from brackish lakes to lagoons to offshore river deltas.
THESE FOSSILIZED LAMPREY HATCHLINGS DISPROVE AN AGE-OLD EVOLUTIONARY THEORYPHILIP KIEFERMARCH 11, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEI am bored to death, to extinction; my thoughts are the colour of that water which flows over yonder, brackish and heavy.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETThis animal is fond of brackish water, therefore he most commonly inhabits those rivers which border on the sea.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONCaptain Stirling examined them both: the former to its source, the latter beyond the point where the water ceased to be brackish.
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 13, ISSUE 368, MAY 2, 1829VARIOUSThey were marooned on a desert island with practically nothing to eat and nothing but brackish swamp water to drink.
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERSCYRUS TOWNSEND BRADYOften the only water they had to drink was supplied by "brackish" ponds, whose surface was covered with greenish slime.
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