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
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
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
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