brackish water
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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
"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
People stand in line for hours for scarce bread and brackish water.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023
Hemingway's house had survived the storm, except that the giant swimming pool was filled with brackish water and debris, along with a magnificent sea turtle that I immediately named Ernest.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
