fresh water
Lakes and streams
Fresh water is water with low salt content, as found in rivers, lakes, and most groundwater—distinguished from the salt water of oceans.
The term often appears in environmental and biological contexts: fresh water sources, fresh water fish.
As an adjective, usually hyphenated or one word: freshwater lakes, a freshwater ecosystem.
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- mountain streamFlowing water descending highlands
- streamSteady continuous flow
- iceWater's solid form
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
drinking · limnology · river · glacier · artesian · brackish · crystal clear · watershed · reservoir · rainwater · wetland · spring · trout · hydrology · thirst · well · ripple · creek
- CastawaysRobinson Crusoe, castaway, Gilligan, shipwreck, stranded
- cat sittingfeeding, litter box, playtime, overnight stay, food bowl
- drinking watersip, gulp, swallow, drink, cup
- oasispalm trees, date palms, watering hole, springs, shade
- estuary.tidal flat, mud flat, salt marsh, mangrove, delta
- island resourcescoconuts, fish stocks, coral reefs, palm trees, copra
fresh watersalt water
H2O with sodium chloride
seawater · brine · saline water · brackish water · saline
fresh watercontaminated water
Impure liquid with pathogens
dirty water · wastewater · sewage · stagnant water · grey water