Freshwater
adjective
Made of or living in water that is not salty, especially when found in rivers and lakes.
They caught a large freshwater fish.
Often appears as...
- freshwater lakes
- freshwater habitats
noun
The water found in rivers, lakes, and underground, which is not salty and can be used for drinking and washing.
The village relies on freshwater from the nearby lake.
Often appears as...
- source of freshwater
- freshwater supply
adjective
Relating to situations or topics concerning water that is not salty.
Freshwater management is an important environmental issue.
Often appears as...
- freshwater resources
- freshwater ecology
adjective
Made of or living in water that is not salty, especially when found in rivers and lakes.
They caught a large freshwater fish.
Often appears as...
- freshwater lakes
- freshwater habitats
noun
The water found in rivers, lakes, and underground, which is not salty and can be used for drinking and washing.
The village relies on freshwater from the nearby lake.
Often appears as...
- source of freshwater
- freshwater supply
adjective
Relating to situations or topics concerning water that is not salty.
Freshwater management is an important environmental issue.
Often appears as...
- freshwater resources
- freshwater ecology
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Ecosystems Variety
Freshwater refers to diverse ecosystems beyond lakes, including rivers, streams, and ponds.
Freshwater ecosystems are critical for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Species Specificity
Many species are 'freshwater' and cannot survive in saltwater.
Freshwater turtles need non-salty water habitats.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Drinking Quality
Not all freshwater is safe for drinking; pollution affects its purity.
Despite being freshwater, the river was contaminated.
Pro Tip 1/3Ecosystems Variety
Freshwater refers to diverse ecosystems beyond lakes, including rivers, streams, and ponds.
Freshwater ecosystems are critical for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Species Specificity
Many species are 'freshwater' and cannot survive in saltwater.
Freshwater turtles need non-salty water habitats.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Drinking Quality
Not all freshwater is safe for drinking; pollution affects its purity.
Despite being freshwater, the river was contaminated.
Pro Tip 1/3Ecosystems Variety
Freshwater refers to diverse ecosystems beyond lakes, including rivers, streams, and ponds.
Freshwater ecosystems are critical for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Species Specificity
Many species are 'freshwater' and cannot survive in saltwater.
Freshwater turtles need non-salty water habitats.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Drinking Quality
Not all freshwater is safe for drinking; pollution affects its purity.
Despite being freshwater, the river was contaminated.
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Sequencing genomes to...
high as 240 thousand mussels per meter square industrial facilities leading to millions in economic losses every year due to the claws of pipelines of power plants and water treatment industries but I believe the most dangerous impacts are for the freshwater biodiversity in
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
freshwater challenge what's happening get engaged get informed and also look at your own personal water footprint so we have a tool online our freshwater footprint calculator that's been a very popular tool to help people figure out their number what is my water footprint
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Garth Lenz: The true...
and further threaten the downstream communities. And let's face it, we all live downstream in an era of global warming and climate change. What we need, is we all need to act to ensure that Canada respects the massive amounts of freshwater that we hold in this country.
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Monster Fish, Part 3:...
some of you may not know but there are stingrays in freshwater there are probably 30 or so species of stingrays that live in freshwater and three of those species are some of the world's largest freshwater fish the first project that we had it was on the
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What’s so great about...
Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day.
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Predators Swim In The...
presence of this chemical compound that makes the water so brilliantly clear the waters here are home to over 40 species of freshwater fish including these pair of bitanga that you may recognize from the seven worlds one
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Saving Water Voles From...
freshwater systems as they create micro habitats for other species they create burrow systems in the sides of river banks this dries out the surrounding soil and helps regulate nitrogen
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Monster Fish, Part 1:...
story a story of a ten year scientific adventure to six continents on the search to find study and protect the world's largest freshwater fish strangely enough this is what my world
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Monster Fish, Part 4:...
is what my project is all about working with with local partners to find study and protect the world's largest freshwater fish and right here fresh water saw fish one of the most
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Canada's Wild Rivers -...
freshwater ecosystems are a lifeline to our very existence
Video examples
Sequencing genomes to...
high as 240 thousand mussels per meter square industrial facilities leading to millions in economic losses every year due to the claws of pipelines of power plants and water treatment industries but I believe the most dangerous impacts are for the freshwater biodiversity in
Video examples
Sandra Postel: Troubled...
freshwater challenge what's happening get engaged get informed and also look at your own personal water footprint so we have a tool online our freshwater footprint calculator that's been a very popular tool to help people figure out their number what is my water footprint
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
and further threaten the downstream communities. And let's face it, we all live downstream in an era of global warming and climate change. What we need, is we all need to act to ensure that Canada respects the massive amounts of freshwater that we hold in this country.
Video examples
Monster Fish, Part 3:...
some of you may not know but there are stingrays in freshwater there are probably 30 or so species of stingrays that live in freshwater and three of those species are some of the world's largest freshwater fish the first project that we had it was on the
Video examples
What’s so great about...
Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day.
Video examples
Predators Swim In The...
presence of this chemical compound that makes the water so brilliantly clear the waters here are home to over 40 species of freshwater fish including these pair of bitanga that you may recognize from the seven worlds one
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
freshwater systems as they create micro habitats for other species they create burrow systems in the sides of river banks this dries out the surrounding soil and helps regulate nitrogen
Video examples
Monster Fish, Part 1:...
story a story of a ten year scientific adventure to six continents on the search to find study and protect the world's largest freshwater fish strangely enough this is what my world
Video examples
Monster Fish, Part 4:...
is what my project is all about working with with local partners to find study and protect the world's largest freshwater fish and right here fresh water saw fish one of the most
Video examples
Canada's Wild Rivers -...
freshwater ecosystems are a lifeline to our very existence
Example 1 of 10
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Thomas P.M. Barnett
American Businessman
China's headlong rush to industrialize was pursued with the most Marxist of prejudices - bending nature to man's will. That's a desperately hard trick to pull off when one fifth of humanity, having previously subsisted on 7 percent of the world's freshwater supply, decides that it wants to instantaneously increase its caloric intake.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.
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Seth Moulton
American Politician
The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.
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Shari Sebbens
Australian Actress
My mum's from Broome, so I'm a saltwater person - Aboriginal people are either freshwater, saltwater or desert mob. So I always feel much more comfortable in close proximity to the beach, even if I'm not necessarily in the water.
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David R. Brower
American Environmentalist
All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
The degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater has removed much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed.
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Jeremy Wade
Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to.
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Dale Steyn
South African Athlete
The kind of fishing that I do is pretty much bass, trout or freshwater fishing.
Quote examples
Thomas P.M. Barnett
American Businessman
China's headlong rush to industrialize was pursued with the most Marxist of prejudices - bending nature to man's will. That's a desperately hard trick to pull off when one fifth of humanity, having previously subsisted on 7 percent of the world's freshwater supply, decides that it wants to instantaneously increase its caloric intake.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.
Quote examples
Seth Moulton
American Politician
The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.
Quote examples
Shari Sebbens
Australian Actress
My mum's from Broome, so I'm a saltwater person - Aboriginal people are either freshwater, saltwater or desert mob. So I always feel much more comfortable in close proximity to the beach, even if I'm not necessarily in the water.
Quote examples
David R. Brower
American Environmentalist
All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Nearly all of the major kinds of life, divisions of life, phyla of animals, occur in the sea. Only about half of them can make it to land or freshwater.
Quote examples
Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.
Quote examples
Barry Gardiner
British Politician
The degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater has removed much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed.
Quote examples
Jeremy Wade
Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to.
Quote examples
Dale Steyn
South African Athlete
The kind of fishing that I do is pretty much bass, trout or freshwater fishing.
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