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

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

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

People stand in line for hours for scarce bread and brackish water.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

The train flew over its pylons, curving toward the center of the trade nexus, speeding over brackish water, bright with leaked waste oil and scrap trash and the stink of chemicals.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi