brackish
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"Crocodilians, the largest predators in most tropical, subtropical freshwater and brackish environments, are a unique case when it comes to homing behavior," said behavioral ecologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Ru Somaweera, from Murdoch University.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The company added it was "exploring opportunities" for solar energy and battery storage on site, and it would make use of "non-potable, brackish groundwater" which it said would avoid putting pressure on the watershed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We need eels, they are a critical part of marine, brackish and freshwater ecosystems," she said.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
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 tasted slighdy brackish, and of fiberglass, but was sweet to him anyway and did much to cheer him.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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