brackish water
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The fish thrive in brackish water, but can also survive in fresh and salt water.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Slow-moving brackish water, threatening to swallow whatever comes near, menaces in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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
Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
We would stand or squat in these buckets, soaping ourselves with the brackish water, rinsing off the dust from the day.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
