brackish water
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The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
But soon after the scientists — of the trained, in-training and citizen variety — shimmied large nets that functioned as sieves into the brackish water, gleeful cries began to ring out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
"Right where the ship went down just inland, there's a huge lagoon of brackish water and it houses all sort of animals. Coconut crabs, everything. They'll all be affected."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
When the pulse of sludge-choked freshwater reached the Dnipro-Bug Estuary, it hammered fish species adapted to brackish water.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
He greeted us in turn, nosing us for a pat, then splashed into the shallows and slurped at the brackish water.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
