freshwater habitats
Lakes and streams
Freshwater habitats are bodies of water with low salt content—rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, wetlands, and marshes—that support distinct ecosystems of plants and animals.
The term appears in ecology and conservation contexts: Freshwater habitats are threatened by pollution and development.
Distinguished from marine (saltwater) and brackish (mixed) environments.
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- river bankLand bordering a watercourse
- trout streamBrook stocked with salmonids
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
aquatic · freshwater · lake · duck pond · food web · eutrophication · aquatic ecosystems · marsh · bog · biodiversity · otter · frog · sedimentation · crayfish · oxygenation · heron · spawning grounds · fish hatchery
- aquatic environmentswetlands, marshes, lakes, rivers, streams
- aquariumsfish tanks, aquarium, aquariums, fish tank, reef tanks
- freshwater systemsrivers, lakes, streams, ponds, freshwater
- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
- NeotropicsAmazon basin, tropical rainforests, rainforests, Andes Mountains, Galapagos
- Cory Catfishbony plates, barbels
freshwater habitatsmarine habitats
Ocean life zones
salt marshes · ocean habitats · marine environments · ocean ecosystems · sea habitats
freshwater habitatsdesert habitats
Dry, sparse wilderness areas
grasslands · forests · tundra · savannas · mountain ecosystems