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Preferred term

freshwater

Definition

  • [Henderson's] a. pert. or living in water con­taining less than 0.5 parts per thousand dissolved salt (sodium chloride), such as that in rivers, ponds and lakes. cf. brackish water, seawater.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • الماء العذب

Bulgarian

  • Прясна вода

Croatian

  • slatka voda

Czech

  • voda sladká

Danish

  • ferskvand

Dutch

  • zoetwater

Estonian

  • magevesi

Finnish

  • makea, suolaton vesi

French

  • eau douce

German

  • Süßwasser

Greek

  • γλυκά ύδατα

Hungarian

  • édesvíz

Italian

  • acqua dolce

Latvian

  • saldūdens

Lithuanian

  • gėlas vanduo

Norwegian

  • ferskvann

Polish

  • woda słodka

Portuguese

  • água doce

Romanian

  • apă dulce

Slovak

  • sladká voda

Slovenian

  • sladka voda

Spanish

  • agua dulce

Swedish

  • sötvatten

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20914

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