brackish

Example Sentences

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One day about a decade ago, so the most informed theory goes, Bruiser found himself at the brackish delta where the Skagit River empties into a bay of the same name.

From Seattle Times

Streets in many residential districts still resemble brackish lakes, where stray dogs wade up to their chests and cars sit rotting in stagnant water filled with floating debris.

From Reuters

In a shrinking, brackish pool of water, within earshot of Ukraine's front lines, two small fish gasped and flopped in the midday heat.

From BBC

Estuary is inspired by the estuary of the Chesapeake Bay as a result there is an emphasis on the flora, fauna and brackish of that region.

From Salon

Water with salinity between 1 and 10 is considered brackish.

From Scientific American