brackish

Example Sentences

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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

As freshwater input grew, the seaway gradually changed from salty to brackish and eventually to mostly freshwater, similar to conditions seen today in the Gulf of Bothnia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

Just outside the city, it is pumping brackish groundwater from wells and discharging it into the Nueces River, which flows into a water treatment plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It has brackish waters, a mix of fresh and salt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Next came Little Tilly swallowed up in his coat with salt water dripping from under it and forming a brackish pool on the floor.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith