freshwater environments
Rivers and lakes
Freshwater environments are bodies of water with low salt content—rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, wetlands, and groundwater systems.
The term distinguishes these habitats from marine (saltwater) and brackish (mixed) environments.
Freshwater ecosystems support distinct communities of plants and animals adapted to conditions very different from oceanic life: Trout thrive in cold freshwater environments, The region's freshwater environments face pollution threats.
- pH levelMeasure of acidity
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- bass fishingPursuing a popular gamefish
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
pollution · bog · lake · amphibian · pond · lily pad · marsh · sedimentation · aquifer · photosynthesis · hydrology · plankton · wetland · predation · turbidity · beaver dam · algae · mineral content
freshwater environmentsmarine environments
Saltwater ecosystems collectively
oceans · seas · the ocean · marine ecosystems · estuaries
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