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Preferred term

brackish water

Definition

  • [Henderson's] water with a salinity of 0.5–30 parts per thousand total dissolved solids. cf. freshwater, seawater.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • مياه قليلة الملوحة

Bulgarian

  • Възсолена вода

Croatian

  • bočata voda

Czech

  • voda brakická

Danish

  • brakvand

Dutch

  • brakwater

Estonian

  • riimvesi

Finnish

  • murtovesi, puolisuolainen vesi

French

  • eau saumâtre

German

  • Brackwasser

Greek

  • υφάλμυρα ύδατα

Hungarian

  • félsós/brakk víz

Italian

  • acqua salmastra

Latvian

  • ciets ūdens, iesāļš ūdens

Lithuanian

  • sūrokas vanduo

Norwegian

  • brakkvann

Polish

  • woda słonawa (u ujścia rzek)

Portuguese

  • água salobra

Romanian

  • apă salmastră

Slovak

  • brakická voda

Slovenian

  • brakična voda

Spanish

  • agua salobre

Swedish

  • bräckt vatten

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20539

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