salinizing
Making water brackish
Salinizing is making something salty or increasing its salt content.
The term appears most often in environmental contexts, where soil or water becomes salinized through irrigation, seawater intrusion, or poor drainage: Decades of irrigation have been salinizing the valley's farmland.
The process degrades agricultural productivity and can render land unusable.
Salty ocean fluid
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- brackishMildly salty water
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- mangroveTidal shrub with exposed roots
saltmarsh · storm surge · aquifer · groundwater · sea level rise · coastal erosion · wetlands · delta
Water saturated with sodium
- sodiumEleventh element, highly reactive
- chlorideNegatively charged halogen atom
- ionsAtoms bearing charge
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
saturation · solution · solute · crystallization · precipitation · evaporation · osmosis · electrolytes
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- crop failureWhen fields yield nothing
- waterloggingSoil oversaturated with moisture
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- land managementAdministering territory and resources
leaching · alkalization · farming practices · drainage · soil science · overcultivation · aridity · drought
seawater
Salty ocean fluid
mangrove · saltmarsh · storm surge · aquifer · groundwater · sea level rise · coastal erosion · wetlands · delta · inundation
brine
Water saturated with sodium
- sodiumEleventh element, highly reactive
- chlorideNegatively charged halogen atom
- ionsAtoms bearing charge
concentration · saturation · solution · solute · crystallization · precipitation · evaporation · osmosis · electrolytes · halite
irrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- crop failureWhen fields yield nothing
- waterloggingSoil oversaturated with moisture
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
land management · leaching · alkalization · farming practices · drainage · soil science · overcultivation · aridity · drought · environmental impact
salinizingdesalinating
Removing salt from water
desalinizing · freshening · desalting · demineralizing · diluting
salinizingfreshening
Making more lively
purifying · sweetening · filtering · cleansing · treating
salinizingrestoring
Returning to original condition
remediating · reclaiming · purifying · rehabilitating · sweetening