brackish water
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McNulty believes heavy rainfall over the weekend and brackish water conditions could have created a "perfect storm environment" for Sunday's attack.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Moreover, as I’ve written before, diverting too much freshwater before it gets to the delta to serve downstream farms and urban users allows more brackish water to infiltrate deeper into the delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
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
Vibrio vulnificus primarily lives in warm seawater but can also be found in brackish water – areas where the ocean mixes with freshwater.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
I showered, washed away the mud and the brackish water, put on clean clothes, combed my hair...
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
