freshwater reserves
Stored drinkable water
Freshwater reserves are bodies of water—lakes, rivers, aquifers, glaciers—that contain water without significant salt content, available for human use or ecological needs.
The term often appears in discussions of water scarcity and climate change: Climate change threatens freshwater reserves worldwide.
Unlike saltwater oceans, freshwater is finite and unevenly distributed.
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- streamSteady continuous flow
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- climate change impactEffects of planetary warming
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
glacier · fish · fish habitat · dam · groundwater · underground storage · wetland · dry season · snowpack · melting ice · pool · river · cistern · rain barrel · habitat · pond · canal · reeds
freshwater reservessaltwater
Ocean water, chemically speaking
seawater · saline water · brine · brackish water · salt lakes
freshwater reserveswater scarcity
Insufficient freshwater for demand
water shortage · drought · water crisis · water stress · desertification
freshwater reservesglacial ice
Compressed snow becoming solid
permafrost · ice caps · polar ice caps · ice sheets · water vapor
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