| 单词 | brackish |
| 例句 | We had not brought food and so the only thing we had was water from the well, which tasted brackish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at this,” she said, and I saw that it was half filled with a brackish, brown liquid. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Evenings, after a long day working at the Winn-Dixie, she restocked the boat’s small refrigerator, fixed dinner, and washed dishes in the brackish water of the bayou. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He greeted us in turn, nosing us for a pat, then splashed into the shallows and slurped at the brackish water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We would stand or squat in these buckets, soaping ourselves with the brackish water, rinsing off the dust from the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It tasted slighdy brackish, and of fiberglass, but was sweet to him anyway and did much to cheer him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The spring was better than the one near the headland, being less brackish and having a steadier flow of water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Next came Little Tilly swallowed up in his coat with salt water dripping from under it and forming a brackish pool on the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent most of the voyage bent double over a puke bucket, bringing up every scrap of food and swallow of brackish water I choked down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I showered, washed away the mud and the brackish water, put on clean clothes, combed my hair... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Let me see. David, you empty and scrub the drinking barrel. It’s getting brackish. When he’s done Nathan can fill it from the pump.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I have just remembered the small bottle of brackish liquid Camel offered me my first day on the show. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Hemingway's house had survived the storm, except that the giant swimming pool was filled with brackish water and debris, along with a magnificent sea turtle that I immediately named Ernest. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My sensitivity to the world around me made me soak all its suffering like a sponge soaking brackish water. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And I didn’t think about the alligators or the disgusting layer of brackish algae. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Their water came from a little brackish well beside the hut; their food was fish and shellfish, fresh or dried, and rockweed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Lee, once he had given up his brackish bookish dream, made a new kind of place for himself in the house beside Reynaud’s Bakery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The train flew over its pylons, curving toward the center of the trade nexus, speeding over brackish water, bright with leaked waste oil and scrap trash and the stink of chemicals. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They hurried down the boardwalk and then slipped into brackish waters, wading until they reached one of the old mansions that filled the area. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I took a drink from a horse trough and was thirsty enough not to care that the water was brackish and sour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lucky Girl wrung the brackish water out of her clothes with distaste, but Nailer enjoyed the breeze on his wet skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Pus-yellow pools girdled her scabbed nose, and her swollen lips were fenced with mean rows of brackish stitches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Salicornia, also known as pickleweed, is a salty-tasting succulent that grows like a weed — wait, it is a weed! — in marshy, brackish areas. | Foraging for Dinner in Oregon 2010-10-18T14:43:00Z It's complex, tangy, fiery and brackish — meaning a spoonful of it will enliven everything from flaky fish and scrambled eggs to soups and plain white rice. The joy of achar butter and tiny cooking wins 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But artworks have suffered from the Hudson River’s brackish waters and superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. As the Mayor Promised Millions for New Monuments, Old Ones Crumbled 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z This takes a couple of days, so naturally you have to give yourself an enema with brackish water to keep yourself hydrated. Bear Grylls: Born Survivor and Dive, Dive, Dive! 2010-05-04T07:00:00Z According to DiGregorio, "shrimp are primarily found in saltwater and prawns inhabit more brackish and freshwater environments." Hold up a sec: What’s the difference between shrimp and prawns? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Decaying trees — devoid of foliage and branches, weathered to an eerie gray — stand tall in the brackish waters where the bay’s salt is overtaking inland sweet waters. Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Unable to complete her dissertation on Sappho and dazed after a messy breakup, Lucy agrees to dog-sit for her sister who lives near the beach, hoping the brackish Pacific breeze might enliven her spirits. In ‘The Pisces,’ a Woman and a Merman Fall in Love. Aquatic Erotica Ensues. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s a problem in Australia, where mutant goldfish are surviving sewage treatment to flourish in brackish waterways in the south-west of the country. Save us from the monster fish: how should you dispose of your pet? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Delaware Botanic Gardens arises on flat land between a country road and a brackish creek. How a soybean field in middle-of-nowhere Delaware became a buzzy botanic garden 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s running, but rusted, the water pooling in unattractively brackish tanks. The global economy, summed up in these two bubble machines 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z They grew wild, billions of them, made plump and sweet from the brackish mix of waters where rivers including the Rappahannock, the James and the Potomac meet the Atlantic Ocean. A new star oyster joins the platter, straight from the Chesapeake 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z A cohort from the Waldorf School of Garden City, on Long Island, spoke of seeing the water at Jones Beach go from the clear blue of their childhoods to brackish brown. New York’s Climate Strike and the Things That Make Teen-Agers March 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z As if an African American writer deciding to creatively depict Black people — my own people — represents a wading through brackish, non-potable waters. Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding Race 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Most people think of the 23-mile waterway as a freshwater river, she said, but further south it’s more brackish as it becomes part of the Long Island Sound. Dolphins just spotted in New York City’s Bronx River: ‘Had me shocked’ 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Minimalist by design but dense with virile storytelling and brackish comedy, the play is a subversion of the buddy cop genre, Huff has said. After 'A Steady Rain,' instant success for Keith Huff 2011-05-27T18:57:00Z The stormy seas had turned some normally reliable freshwater sources brackish. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z “I would say he was brackish at the time,” Mr. Calmese recounted with a laugh. André Leon Talley: Mentor in Chief 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Showers in many hotels are low pressure and often brackish, not fresh. Tulum, Mexico Is a Hot Spot for Fashion Insiders 2012-01-21T11:00:07Z An on-site treatment plant desalinates brackish seawater, a greenhouse supplies the kitchen and all fish is bought from locals. Going to the Galápagos Is Easier and Cheaper Than Ever. That Might Not Be a Good Thing. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Its mix of fresh, brackish and salt water — together with mostly moderate winds and temperatures — makes it a magnet for sailors and fishermen. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, big agribusinesses strangle the region’s family farms, leaving behind a brackish residue of shame — the shame of being poor and white. She Grew Up Poor on a Kansas Farm. Her Memoir Is an Attempt to Understand Why. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The brackish breeze of his seaside town became gusts that shot down 6th Avenue and lifted the tails of his coat. My dad puts turmeric in his risotto — and now I do too 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Binocular-equipped hikers sometimes spot greater flamingoes during high tide from the end of Snake Bight Trail, north of the Flamingo Visitor Center, while right outside the center American crocodiles frequent Florida Bay’s brackish waters. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z My early memories cemented cabbage as little more than root vegetable filler in a boiled dinner starring brackish corned beef, or encasing humble beef and rice filling in my German-born grandmother's stuffed cabbage rolls. Green cabbage merits your undivided attention 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z His voice, barring a few stray croaks, was minnow-like: a terse, silvery thing, darting through the stillness or slicing through the brackish rumble. | Paul Simon: Many Roads to Salvation in Paul Simon?s Latest Show 2011-05-11T07:54:29Z This seems too hard a stance for someone whose life was forever changed by an immediate family member’s mental illness, but it also speaks to Lucious’s brackish, impulsive nature. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 13: Of Family Secrets 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Estuary is inspired by the estuary of the Chesapeake Bay as a result there is an emphasis on the flora, fauna and brackish of that region. Estuary's Ria Montes on Kamayan, her upbringing and the importance of the immigrant experience 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z A small dock leads to the brackish, bracing waters of the Baltic. Swedish Islands Offer an Escape From Stockholm 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Despite the toxic military interlude, much living goes on out there, from sea sponges to swamp rabbits, amid brackish lagoons, pine flats and reedy wetlands. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Cajun Encounters will pick you up at your hotel and shuttle you to the swamp, where you will traverse brackish channels by boat in search of snakes, alligators and wild boars. Rowdy and Bawdy, New Orleans is a Party for Families Too 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z One poem, for example, addresses love’s inconstancy: A woman once gave her lover bitter fruit and he called it sweet; now she gives him sweet water and he calls it brackish. Review: Finding the Heat in ‘Sacred Earth’ 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z In the brackish waters where philosophy meets self-help, a certain kind of unreadable book comes to spawn. 'How We Are,’ by Vincent Deary, Mixes Psychology and Philosophy 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z People stand in line for hours for scarce bread and brackish water. As fighting empties north Gaza, humanitarian crisis worsens in south 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza’s close-knit society 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Pregnant women need double the amount of fluid than non-pregnant women, “and if you’re a lactating mother, it’s triple” – and “brackish water is not a solution,” she added. Live updates | More Palestinians fleeing combat zone in northern Gaza, UN says 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z “Many people are relying on brackish or saline ground water, if at all,” she said. Average Gazan is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, in need of water, U.N. says 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z A well sunk on the freshwater side will flow with sweet water, but one that drills down into the brackish meeting point between fresh and salt will come up briny. Predicting saltwater intrusion into groundwater using Plymouth, Mass. as test case 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z As a last resort, people are consuming brackish water from agricultural wells, raising concerns over the spread of waterborne diseases. Ceasefire plans stall as Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Israel has also cut off water, forcing many to rely on brackish wells. Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Across Gaza, families rationed dwindling water supplies, with many forced to drink dirty or brackish water. Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Vibrio vulnificus primarily lives in warm seawater but can also be found in brackish water – areas where the ocean mixes with freshwater. Flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise in the U.S. A biologist explains how to stay safe 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Doctors diagnosed him with a Shewanella algae infection, a bacterium that thrives in brackish water. The Beach Is Lovely. The Water, Maybe Not So Much. 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Melancon spent most of his life farming oysters the old-fashioned way, working a dredge across the bottom of the shallow, brackish waters of the lower Mississippi River Delta. Jules Melancon, Oyster Farmer Who Tried Something New, Dies at 65 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Coastal trees and shrubs characterized by their gnarled, exposed roots, mangroves thrive in places other plants don’t: where rivers meet oceans in tropical and subtropical regions, typically in brackish, but sometimes in fresh, water. Why protecting mangroves is key to mitigating climate change 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The bacteria to blame lives naturally in warm, brackish water. Flesh-eating bacteria is spreading across the US 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Two of the people sickened in Connecticut had been exposed to saltwater or brackish water in the Long Island Sound. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Even as it granted permits for the project, the Corps noted the environmental costs of introducing non-salty river water into coastal areas where aquatic animals thrive in salty or brackish water. A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The still, brackish, coastal pond has multiple inlets that are popular among recreational boaters, especially among kayakers and paddleboarders hoping to take in a spectacular sunset. Obama Family Chef Dies While Paddleboarding on Martha’s Vineyard 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The state’s Department of Enterprise Services has evaluated several options, and after a lengthy process has chosen to restore the lake to an estuary, a brackish tidal flat where the river meets the sea. Olympia’s Capitol Lake restoration: Pricey ‘boondoggle’ or environmental win? 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z One day about a decade ago, so the most informed theory goes, Bruiser found himself at the brackish delta where the Skagit River empties into a bay of the same name. Meet Bruiser, Whidbey Island's loneliest (and only) resident elk 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z If a wound or cut does comes into contact with brackish water or saltwater, raw seafood or its juices, wash it thoroughly with soap and water. Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know. 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Streets in many residential districts still resemble brackish lakes, where stray dogs wade up to their chests and cars sit rotting in stagnant water filled with floating debris. One month after Ukraine dam breach, villagers in Russian-controlled areas still live in destroyed homes 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z In a shrinking, brackish pool of water, within earshot of Ukraine's front lines, two small fish gasped and flopped in the midday heat. Ukraine war: Living without water in a town devastated by dam breach 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Water with salinity between 1 and 10 is considered brackish. Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Another risk comes from Vibrio bacteria that flourish in brackish water above temperatures of about 20 degrees Celsius. Government body warns of increased health threats from climate change in Germany 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Exposing the wetlands to tidal influence would be a mistake, opponents argue, because higher salinity levels could wipe out flora, fauna and habitat that currently rely on seasonal rains and brackish water. Judge orders halt to Ballona Wetlands restoration project 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The remaining green algae, which belong to a group called Chlorophyta, include more than 7000 different species that live in fresh or brackish water, in seawater, or in snow patches. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain sent water surging through city streets, flooding hundreds of homes and vehicles, damaging critical infrastructure and leaving brackish water to stagnate under Florida’s April sun. Fort Lauderdale was inundated with a third of its annual rainfall within hours 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Before a locality considered drilling for submarine fresh water, it might consider groundwater that had been dismissed in the past because it was brackish; it might be less salty than the submarine aquifer. Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Throughout the year, Stumpy’s roots are flooded with brackish water from flooding tides of the Potomac River, which is harmful to its health. Perspective | Stumpy steals the hearts of thousands at the Tidal Basin 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z As a result, marsh plants, which thrive in brackish waters, germinate farther inland in what is called marsh migration. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z They are found in freshwater, saltwater, and brackish habitats, such as rivers and lakes, and spend most of their time in water. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Those efforts include expanding the state’s water storage capacity, improving its groundwater recharge capabilities and accelerating wastewater recycling and brackish desalination projects, among other items outlined in Newsom’s Strategy for a Hotter, Drier California. 'Nature gave us a lifeline:' Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Any submarine aquifer would be at least slightly brackish, and pumping could mix the waters, which might reduce the freshness of the land aquifer. Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Increasing inundation of the soil surrounding the basin exposes the trees to salt water from the brackish Potomac River. Climate change makes cherry trees blossom early — and puts them at risk 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Just beyond the salt marsh, farther out in the ocean water, lies the oyster reef habitat where clusters of dead and living shells fuse together under the brackish tides. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Moreover, he says, corrosion-resistant electrodes may also be useful for tapping other impure water sources, such as wastewater and brackish water. Splitting seawater could provide an endless source of green hydrogen | Science | AAAS 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z During heavy rains that routinely occur in Washington, the floodwaters completely overflow the sea wall in multiple locations and soak the tree roots with salty brackish water. DC’s cherry blossoms coming early due to confusing weather 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Children pumped brackish water from the earth to wash clothes as Ahmet shaved his father’s beard with thick white foam. Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease: Quake Hardships Pile Up 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z What followed that night in early January was the stuff of nightmares: a fearful scramble through pelting rain; a flooded car engine that stopped cold; a frantic escape on foot through dark, brackish water. Can Planada recover from January storms? 'You have a community that is angry' 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Young salmon get a growth spurt when they first encounter salinity, and brackish water is optimal for salmon’s regulation of water and ions. Oceans away: Is raising salmon on land the next big thing in farming fish? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The existing tunnels were flooded with brackish water when Hurricane Sandy struck the region in 2012. Biden Touts Millions for New York Rail Tunnel, Courtesy of His Infrastructure Bill 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z It offers nowhere for migrating fish to hide, nothing for them to eat as they linger, acclimating to the brackish water. How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z To find these micro-predators, the researchers sampled water from all over the planet, including coral reefs in Curaçao, the bottom of the ocean, the open sea, in fresh water and in salty, brackish water. Microbial "lions" that nibble prey to death form an entirely new branch on the tree of life 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z California also hosts about 20 brackish water plants which can desalinate slightly salty water from rivers, aqueducts and other sources. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The bacteria live in brackish water, or a blend of fresh and seawater, the Lee County Health Department said, stressing that immediate treatment after the onset of symptoms was crucial. Hurricane Ian Is Blamed for Deadly Bacterial Infections in Florida 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The advisory said that people with open wounds, cuts, or scratches can be exposed to the bacteria through contact with sea water or brackish water. Florida sees rise in flesh-eating bacteria amid Ian concerns 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Wounds that do come into contact with brackish water or the juices of raw seafood should be cleaned in soap and water. In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria follow in Hurricane Ian’s wake 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The statement called on residents to "always be aware of the potential risks associated when exposing open wounds, cuts, or scratches on the skin to warm, brackish, or salt water". Florida flesh-eating illness cases spike after Hurricane Ian 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The city of Antioch, for example, broke ground on a brackish water desalination plant last year. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z It was now submerged in brown and brackish water. ‘I Did All I Could’: As Floodwaters Rose, She Fought to Save Her Disabled Brothers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet several hours into Fiona’s downpours, brackish water invaded their bedroom. Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico as a Category 1 storm. Flooding still wrought havoc. 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Not only do intense storm surges bring brackish water inland, such as during Ian, but warming waters and rising sea levels are also likely to provide a welcoming environment for vibrio farther north. In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria follow in Hurricane Ian’s wake 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z That includes investing in expensive desalination plants, which turn ocean and brackish water into fresh water. West looks to create water as drought tests limits of conservation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Today’s tip comes from Joel Stevenson, who recommends the Suisun Marsh, California’s largest brackish marsh: Covid Booster Rollout Begins in California With Little Fanfare 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Some strains of algae can flourish in brackish water that is not usable for growing other crops. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z He called for accelerating construction of water projects, including storage above and below ground, desalination of salty sea and brackish inland water, and lots more conservation and recycling. Newsom's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta plan makes more sense. But it's still a 'water grab' 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z But at high tide, the creek flows upstream, as if backward, and broadens into a brackish pond. Dipping into Nova Scotia’s abundant waters 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Desalination would make up only about 3% of the added water supply Newsom is calling for, most of it coming from brackish water, which isn’t as salty as water that comes from the ocean. Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Newsom was scheduled to speak about the plan Thursday morning in Antioch, where a desalination plant is being built to treat brackish water. With California set to lose 10% of its water in 20 years, Newsom outlines urgent action 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The plant will be the state’s first inland desalination plant for brackish surface water, said John Samuelson, the city engineer and director of public works. In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Biologists had largely dismissed the first attacks as flukes, and in any case sharks were all but unknown in those brackish waters. U.S. shark mania began with this attack more than a century ago 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The habitats on Peddocks include closed canopy forests, woodlands, shrub thickets, old fields, salt marsh and a brackish pond, and we enjoy walking around and noticing as the habitats change. The little-known Boston Harbor Islands have a lot to offer 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Alligators live throughout Florida and survive in fresh, brackish and salt waters, according to the commission, which estimates the state has more than one million of the large reptiles. Two Alligators Fatally Attack Florida Woman After She Falls Into Pond 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Would one of the leading lights of California agriculture and a Times reporter have to splash through brackish creek water and then hoist the buggy onto dry land? Haunted by his father’s role in Vietnam, he turned to farming to grow a new legacy 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Government Accountability Office released a report urging federal agencies to do more to address algal blooms, which are occurring in all 50 states in all types of water — fresh, saline, and brackish. Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Others just swim through the brown, green brackish waters despondently, their eyes lighting up at the sight of rescuers, whose bright orange uniforms are visible from a distance. Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The swimming pool in the center of Kiara’s apartment complex is filled with brackish water and dog excrement. Review | Oprah’s latest book club pick: ‘Nightcrawling,’ by Leila Mottley 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z This time the water turned 12,000 acres of prime California farmland into a brackish lake, costing $100 million in damages. Carbon Credits Versus the “Big Gulp” 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Save it from the brackish waters of an overheated, reckless climate, and we save the increasingly endangered terra firma of our collective selves. Opinion | Is Jamestown worth saving? 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Newsom didn’t comment on the panel’s reasoning but said seawater desalination, as well as brackish desalination, remain part of the state’s water strategies. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Lilac has said it could use a desalination plant to filter brackish water to avoid using potable water. Ford inks Argentina lithium supply deal with Lake Resources 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z As the brackish water around them has continued encroaching on the village’s land, people have stopped growing rice, their staple crop, because the soil is too salty. Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z This water is slightly brackish, and salt accumulates around the root zone of irrigated crops through the course of each growing season. Opinion | Our farmers need our help 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z I have a healthy fear of them and would never swim in fresh or brackish water, nor walk my dog along a lake or canal. Alligators take center stage at Florida’s Everglades National Park 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Honey bees have been found to prefer brackish, “dirty” drinking water over fresh water, likely because of its salt content. Pollinators like their flowers with a dash of salt 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z You might call the school of thought Ms. Kelton is popularizing, from a bay that feeds into the East River, brackish economics. Time For a Victory Lap* 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Mangroves, found only in tropical and subtropical climates, are distinctive for their ability to survive in brackish water. Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Fishers in the area oppose the proposal because the diversion will bring freshwater into the saltwater and brackish basin, drastically reducing its salinity. Louisiana's $2-Billion Gamble: Flood the Land to Save the Coast 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z That could range from the bright, brackish sea surface to the dark interior of an acid-rich gut, the subsurface layers of terrestrial landscapes or the pressurized depths of a deep-sea trench. Perspective | Five myths about plastics 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z And because brackish drinking water can corrode plumbing, de-icing is linked to leaching of metals such as lead into the water supply in places such as Flint, Mich. Citing danger to freshwater, scientists say we need to put brakes on road salts 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Maggie Andresen: Before Lagos was colonized by the British, this area was lush with wetlands and mangrove forests that thrive in salty or brackish water and support a diverse ecosystem of plants and animals. In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanization 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In the 1950s, an average of 37,400 tons of oysters were taken annually from brackish waters nationwide. Volunteers raise oyster gardens to help restore reefs 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “It’s universal across habitats,” whether marine, freshwater or brackish shores, says Kanchana Bandara, a marine scientist at the Arctic University of Norway. The Ups and Downs of a Great Vertical Migration 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A brackish murk of waist-high water submerged all the landfill that humans had dredged, salvaged and shipped to widen the island, and that now supported the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z He tried to salvage wet carpets that stank from the brackish water. Winter rain floods Gaza homes damaged in last spring’s war 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Some are exploring seawater desalination plants of their own, while others are considering removing salt from brackish water in rivers. How San Diego gets drinking water from the ocean 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Turning brackish water into useful water, the plant now provides a quarter of the local supply. In this California county, one town has no water. Another has enough to share. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z On Sunday, brackish ponds were rife with great blue herons, brown pelicans, double-crested cormorants and western gulls preening along shores stained brown by oil. Oil spill seeps into O.C.'s coastal wetlands, a critical link along migratory bird route 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Then there’s the energy needed to clean up the water, and the brackish, salty waste that is left after the clean water is filtered out. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Mangroves have prodigious natural powers, filtering brackish water, protecting against coastal erosion and providing a sheltered breeding ground for aquatic life, which in turn sustains humans. The Nigerian Activist Trying to Sell Plants to the Oil Company That Destroyed Them 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Even as officials assess the damage, the slightly more westward track of Hurricane Ida and wind direction wreaked sporadic devastation on Louisianans across the brackish waters of this estuary. Slight change in wind direction spells different disasters for New Orleans suburbs 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Because the water flowing through it is brackish and not pure, salt-rich ocean water, the plant does not have to work as hard or draw as much electricity to purify it. In this California county, one town has no water. Another has enough to share. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Estuaries are brackish bodies of water usually found where rivers meet the sea. Louisiana to have 1st delta-dominated site in estuary system 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z They’ve been scurrying along the brackish floors of coastal waters for hundreds of millions of years. Clean needles depend on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But local rivers become brackish in the summer and many are protected as salmon habitats. Small Towns Grow Desperate for Water in California 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Joseph Josiah Robbins sold his homestead in 1909, family members say, after salty, brackish waters invaded his fields, stunting and killing his crops. This ecologist thinks coastal wetlands can outrun rising seas. Not everyone’s convinced 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Marsh plants that like brackish water, and some species of birds and fish, will likely benefit, Nyman says. Rerouting the Mississippi River could build new land—and save a retreating coast 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z That’s because the immense power of the Mississippi River can push fresh water deeper into historically brackish bays and distribute large amounts of sediment faster and further than conventional pump-and-fill projects. Mississippi Mud Might Stop Louisiana from Disappearing 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z This would include brines from reverse osmosis plants and brackish groundwater from places such as the U.S. Sunlight Powers Portable, Inexpensive Systems to Produce Drinking Water 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Still, some experts have theorized that another species, the aggressive bull shark, may have been involved as well, since one of the attacks occurred in a small, brackish creek over a mile from the ocean. The Problem With Problem Sharks 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z “But don’t add too much baking soda, as it will start to taste brackish,” Sharma cautions. You can save almost any overseasoned or oversalted soup, stew or sauce with these tips 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The property is nestled between saltwater Lake Borgne and brackish Lake Pontchartrain, making it perfect for both freshwater and saltwater fishing. Storm-weary Louisianans brace as Hurricane Zeta takes aim at New Orleans 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Rising seas are consuming wetlands and turning brackish waterways salty, endangering essential habitat for fish and shallow-water species. Mississippi Mud Might Stop Louisiana from Disappearing 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The island is part of the Suisun Marsh, which is “the largest contiguous brackish water marsh remaining on the west coast of North America,” the judge’s ruling said. Judge says owner of San Francisco Bay Area island broke law 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Bull sharks are known to enter brackish water. The Problem With Problem Sharks 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z The grounding of the ship happened off the main island’s southeastern shore, near an area called Pointe d’Esny, a renowned brackish wetland that contains plant and insect species found only in Mauritius. ‘I am so angry’: Cargo ship leaks tons of fuel into protected coral reef and wetlands 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Reading all these books, one after the other, is like swimming for days in a greasy, brackish canal whose bottom is teeming with shards of broken-down old industrial equipment. In Trumpworld, the Grown-Ups in the Room All Left, and Got Book Deals 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z We have visited beaches, forests, brackish inlets where seals bob and cranes perch. Trying to Parent My Black Teenagers Through Protest and Pandemic 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Lonestar Resources is putting oil in storage tanks that typically hold brackish water, said Chief Executive Frank Bracken, counting on a price rebound. U.S. shale bust slams rural economies as oil checks shrivel 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z They generally live around ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, ditches and brackish marshes, according to authorities, and they are active between March and October. NJ wildlife officials seeing mysterious lesions on wild turtles, ask for public's help 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The birds also are found in salt, brackish and freshwater marshes in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean but are “rare and irregular” throughout their range, according to the suit. Lawsuit to protect bird nicknamed feathered mouse 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z It likely was the top predator in its brackish estuary ecosystem during the Devonian Period. Fins of prehistoric fish reveal origins of the human hand 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z At least three types of dinosaurs left the footprints that amount to a dinosaur parade ground - remnants of a muddy surface on the edge of a brackish lagoon. Fossil footprints on Scottish island reveal dinosaur parade ground 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Basements and underground foundations will heave, brackish water could corrode sewer pipes, toxic contaminants buried in the soil could bubble up and spread. Rising seas already overwhelm the Bay Area. Here is the desperate bid to avert disaster 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In the fall and winter, geese and ducks are forced south by freezing temperatures that ice over open water, including brackish marshes, ponds and lakes. Opinion | The connection between hunting and conservation 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The main lake and marsh are still brackish to salty. Texas Fishing Report 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Yards away from the dock, the incinerated hulls of pontoons breached the brackish water, where they sat until they were removed by investigators later in the day. ‘There’s Nothing Left’: An Inferno Tears Through Alabama Boat Dock, Killing 8 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z In their paper, Dr. Hogan and his colleagues defined freshwater megafauna as any vertebrate animal that spends an essential part of its life in fresh or brackish water and can weigh over 66 pounds. The Freshwater Giants Are Dying 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The fresh water went through normally brackish Lake Pontchartrain into the Mississippi Sound, endangering fisheries and marine life. Edwards reelected, black churches torched among top stories 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z At the dawn of the Neolithic era, a woman discarded a lump of ancient chewing gum made from birch tar into a shallow, brackish lagoon that drew fishers to the coast of southern Denmark. Discarded Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Despite being centuries old, the wrecks, like the Vasa , are in fairly good condition, thanks to the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea. 17th century warships linked to Sweden's historic Vasa found 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “In areas such as the heavily populated Baltic Sea, which are more delicate and brackish, the impact would be more pronounced on marine life.” Going overboard? Shipping rules seen shifting pollution from air to sea 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It occurred near the Virginia town of Lewisetta, where waters are well within the Potomac but still brackish. Dolphins are swimming, mating and even giving birth in the Potomac 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The Army Corps acknowledged that the "vast input of fresh water into these brackish and saline lakes has an immediate, short-term, adverse environmental effect." Floodwaters Diverted from New Orleans Killed Off Marine Life 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Diamondback terrapins are a semi-aquatic species of turtle native to brackish waters in eastern and southern United States. Pennsylvania man sentenced for trafficking protected turtles 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The neighborhood is a mixture of Bahamian, Haitian, Dominican, and Cuban, and is bordered by the Little River, a brackish, semi-polluted canal. The Survival of Iggy Pop 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The influx of freshwater in the brackish Mississippi Sound damaged oyster, blue crab and shrimp fisheries. How a little known government board decimated gulf coast fisheries 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A steady trickle of seawater leaks through it, covering the street running alongside the wall with a shallow brackish brew. Indonesia’s leader says sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z A news release said seafood and recreational fisheries have been disrupted by the deluge of freshwater from the Bonnet Carré Spillway west of New Orleans, diluting normally brackish and salty waters. Gulf state US reps back fisheries disaster request 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The body floated beneath a bridge in the brackish flow of a waterway off the Pasig River. ‘This is Manila’: Another body and another cold case amid an expanding war on drugs 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The clean smell of animal sweat, the smell of earth, garlic, brackish water. “The Confession” 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Inmates complained to her of the cold, brackish water that ran from the taps. ‘It’s Cold as Hell’: Inside a Brooklyn Jail’s Weeklong Collapse 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The worst-run teams return year after year to this brackish well. Behold the Knicks. Or Better Yet, Start Rooting for the Nets. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z At a brackish inlet of the Harlem River, Skaife spotted a kestrel. Bird-Watching with the Ravenmaster 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The brackish liquid is more like an ominous, insurmountable wall, one with enough force to lift 3,000-pound cars, flatten neighborhoods and leave a landscape of devastation in its wake. The Weather Channel’s viral demo shows ‘worst-case scenario’ of storm surge 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Even so, when Hurricane Matthew hit in October 2016, it flooded his home with a foot of brackish water. ‘Basically just a sand bar’: Outer Banks might narrowly escape Florence, but what about the next hurricane? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The area in the path of the storm in eastern North Carolina is a fertile low-lying plain veined by brackish rivers with a propensity for escaping their banks. Hurricane Florence: North Carolina fears possible environmental disaster 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Computer models predict more than 3 feet of rain in the eastern part of the state, a fertile low-lying plain veined by brackish rivers with a propensity for escaping their banks. Hurricane could flood many waste sites, creating toxic brew 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Even the rain turned brackish, sending panicked farmers scrambling to rescue crops. How a Disappearing Sea Became a Town’s Main Attraction 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z When they start getting brackish water in their wells or in the city’s water supply, it’s going to be too late. Wells and even springs face brackish future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The town, which is set on three ridges separated by marshland and brackish creeks, occupies roughly a square mile. Tangier, the Sinking Island in the Chesapeake 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Duncan, it seems, has settled into the swamp, an inactive desk squatter who can no longer see through the brackish water thick with absurdities. Arne Duncan owes an apology 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Worried they might get dragged into the proceedings themselves, private landowners have begun barring passage on more and more of Louisiana’s intricate network of brackish or freshwater bayous and canals. BASS pulls Bassmaster tournaments from Louisiana over coastal lawsuits 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The parched sea, now shrunk to around 10 percent of its original surface area, is 95 feet shallower and so brackish that it no longer supports fish or much life. How a Disappearing Sea Became a Town’s Main Attraction 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Environmental concerns include the effects the fresh river water will have on the salinity of the brackish lake and the coastal Gulf waters. Easing pressure on levees, raising environmental worries 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The ponds turn brackish and the mudflats spread ever wider, like blood on cotton. Tangier, the Sinking Island in the Chesapeake 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Areas farthest out received scanty deposition of the finest particles amid brackish tides, becoming grassy wetlands or saline marsh. 2 Long Reads That Will Make You Rethink Our Relationship with Nature 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z For 11 miles, the scenery fluctuates from wintering corn fields and clusters of pines to meandering creeks and brackish marshes. Harriet Tubman national park visitors shatter projections 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z CABIMAS, Venezuela—Oil from brackish Lake Maracaibo transformed this country a century ago from a tropical backwater into the world’s biggest oil exporter and, for a time, South America’s richest country. Former Hub of Venezuela’s Oil Wealth Turns to Hunger and Rust 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z After a three-hour journey along a brackish river he said he hoped to hear a forceful message from the pope. Peru’s indigenous await Pope Francis in scorching Amazon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z And methane emissions vary widely depending on whether water in a wetland is salty, fresh or brackish. Climate Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Blue Carbon 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Manhattan was surrounded by water, of course, but it was brackish and undrinkable. How a Massive Public Works Project Saved a Parched New York 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The dolphins began returning to the area in October, when the bay returned to it brackish state. Researchers study dolphins in Gulf of Mexico after Harvey 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z I take the button-size white pill dutifully with endless Dixie cups of brackish fountain water from the nurses’ station. Waiting for Depression to Lift 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Each night here on the border, hundreds of Rohingya keep arriving in fleets of wooden boats that float silently across the mouth of the Naf River, the brackish waterway that separates the two countries. Fate of Stateless Rohingya Muslims Is in Antagonistic Hands 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z But as seas rise the outer edges of these lenses become increasingly brackish, reducing the amount of available freshwater for species like the Lower Keys marsh rabbit and Key deer. Recent Hurricanes Pushed Rare Island Species Closer to the Brink 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z It is primarily coastal, favoring brackish waters along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. What Swims Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck Could Be a Hybrid of Two Duck Species 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Rocks line the shore and hold small ponds of brackish water in their crevices that wait to be discovered by adventurous explorers who are sure-footed. TRAVEL: Learning along the mighty St. Lawrence River 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Last week, at least three boat capsized, spilling dozens of people into the brackish waters. Myanmar’s Rohingya beat a perilous path in search of safety 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Rooftops and towering business signs were the only visible markers left of downtown La Grange after the brackish waters of the Colorado River came spilling onto a main street on Monday afternoon. Harvey’s aftermath: Newly homeless Texans encounter clogged shelter toilets, soggy family photos and heroic rescues 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z These channels have injected seams of saline water deep into the marshes, killing plants which tolerate only fresh or brackish water, such as the marsh and woodland species that once surrounded Isle de Jean Charles. Louisiana fights the sea, and loses 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Like mouthfuls of bland, brackish jelly, or the sweat off coins from deep pockets, or the fermented milk of a mythical sea creature. Oysters: A Love Story 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Some modern pleurodires occur in brackish waters and will even frequent lagoons, estuaries and make short sea crossings, but they’re predominantly freshwater turtles. J.Lo and Other Araripemydid Pleurodires 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z As the water advanced, it lost depth and became a marine/brackish ecosystem, then a watery transitional zone, which finally gave way to dry land. Amazon Rain Forest May Have Once Been a Giant Marine Lake 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Vibrio bacteria flourish in the brackish estuaries where shellfish grow. Turtles Bred for Food in Asia Can Transport Cholera 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Its configuration illustrates the very character of an estuary: A partly enclosed coastal body of brackish water, fed by a river, open to the ocean’s rhythmic tides. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance These four-inch-long tropical marksmen—sporting a row of handsome black patches down their silvery sides—mostly inhabit brackish waters of estuaries, mangroves and streams from India to the Philippines, Australia and Polynesia. Fishes Use Problem-Solving and Invent Tools 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The Indian contingent of more than 300 was assisting, with divers searching the brackish waters and medical teams seeing patients in makeshift tents. World Digest: May 30, 2017 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Army boats skimmed waterlogged streets, while able-bodied flood victims waded through brackish waters to army trucks carrying relief supplies. Sri Lanka races to rescue flood victims before rain resumes 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “A major water source that is currently unused is brackish water,” he says. Agrobiodiversity: The living library : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z False color scanning electron micrograph of Vibrio vulnificus, a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved, rod-shaped, pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio that lives in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas. Living in a horror film: How Trump could make a deadly flesh-eating bacteria spread, again 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z That signal slowly changes to the chemical signature of the more brackish river mouth, where the fish stop on their seaward migration. Canada's proposed natural-gas plant stirs more controversy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z These benthic, or bottom-dwelling, creatures are found in all of the world’s oceans, as well as brackish environments and even freshwater. Massive 14-Pound Lobster Caught Where the run-off from the Volga pours into the Caspian Sea, sediment – and possibly blooms of phytoplankton – colour the brackish water with a variety of tans, greens, and aqua. Satellite Eye on Earth: August 2016 - in pictures 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Some areas are unrecognizable from the months after the storm, when large pockets of trees were uprooted and died after sitting for months in brackish floodwaters. New Orleans green spaces experiencing post-Katrina comeback 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The Nawaja clan are stubborn, tough, poor shepherds who have spent the past three decades subsisting with brackish cistern water and a trickle of power from a generator. A ramshackle village at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Drought-tolerant Zeon zoysia grass was sprigged everywhere but on the greens, which are Seashore paspalum, a hedge against the possibility that pure groundwater might someday become brackish from the nearby Atlantic. How Gil Hanse Beat Nicklaus, Norman and Player for the Rio Job - Golf Digest 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The fact that camels often drink brackish water and eat salty plants, for example, means they can spread salt over the landscape. Could bringing back camels ‘rewild’ the American West? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Famiglietti did agree about the deeper, saltier water sources, though, and praised the study for “highlighting that brackish groundwaters may eventually be an important water source.” California may have a huge groundwater reserve that nobody knew about 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Still, Texas, Florida, Australia, and even China are already treating brackish groundwater in desalination plants, and California may soon follow, Jackson says. First study of California’s deep groundwater sparks debate 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Other amusement came from watching seabirds swoop in to nest on an island whose brackish water could sustain a bit of animal life. Adrift in the South China Sea on a Boat Called 'Wonder Boy' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Point Buckler Club consists of 51 acres of land situated between the open waters of Grizzly Bay and the brackish Suisun Marsh, about 50 miles east of San Francisco. Exclusive kiteboarding club threatened with $4.6m fine for damaging wetlands 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Schramm said the animals could get into trouble if they head any direction except west because the potential for disease and skin problems is greater in fresh and brackish water. Unusual number of whales seen in San Francisco Bay 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z We have been dealing with brackish water for a thousand years,” Geuze said. Rise of the Superpark 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Muskrats are equally at home in freshwater ponds or brackish bays, swimming their way through at least four of New York City’s five boroughs. It’s a Beaver! It’s a Big ‘Water Rat’! No, It’s a Muskrat 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Qadir was sleeping in his house — located next to a brackish stream and a flour mill — on March 22 when his 8-month-old baby began crying. As giant rats menace Pakistan, conspiracy theories swirl 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The geology of the Isle of Skye site presented unequivocal evidence that the dinosaurs were walking around a brackish lagoon. Huge Trove of Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Scotland 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Isopods of the family Cymathoidae look like oversized fleas and inhabit shallow marine, brackish or fresh subtropical waters—and some of the fish that live there. Isopod Got Your Tongue? Naturally Tongueless Animals 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Without enough replenishing rains, their thin lenses of groundwater turned brackish. Before we drown we may die of thirst 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Adult eels, also called silver eels, spend most of their lives in freshwater habitats such as the Great Lakes and in brackish estuaries, the transition zones between rivers and open sea. Epic Eel Migration Mapped for the First Time 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Later, the team aimed the drones toward flamingos and common greenshanks wading in a brackish lagoon near the Rhone river delta. Animals Spy a New Enemy: Drones 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The water is becoming brackish because of the salt water,” she said. UN drops plan to create group to relocate climate-change affected people 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Ritchie says that one idea on the table for the region would be to cut the cost by desalinating brackish water from the San Francisco Bay Delta, rather than ocean water. California agriculture weathers drought — at a cost 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The new bond would fund storm water systems to catch rainfall, wastewater recycling facilities, and efforts aimed at desalting groundwater and brackish water, according to a draft of the proposal dated Sept. 23. New California water bond seeks to plug funding holes 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Surrounded by brackish, salty water they are dependent upon reservoirs of fresh water that the caretakers fill regularly. Liberians look for help to care for research chimps 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z They say the hulk is well preserved, because sea worms do not like the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea. 'Sea monster' figurehead salvaged from Baltic Sea wreck 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Much of New Orleans remained steeped in brackish filth for weeks until the sodden city could be drained. How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Found in brackish waters, estuaries, and coastal bays, this bacterium thrives during the warm, summer months and is known to contaminate shellfish. 12 Germs That Can Cause Food Poisoning 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But during droughts, the saltwater creeps upstream, turning the Chao Phraya brackish. Hit by drought and seawater, Bangkok tap water may run out in a month 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z There’s some debate if a bull shark was responsible for the deaths in Matawan creek because they are known to inhabit fresh and brackish waters. 2 Weeks, 4 Deaths, and the Beginning of America's Fear of Sharks 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Farmers were pumping up brackish water, which was damaging the crops, and much of New Mexico was a tinder box dry. On climate change, Hispanic Catholics hear pope's message – and it's personal 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Its freshwater wells were overpumped, frequently contaminated by brackish water or sewage. A Stunning Link to New York’s Past Makes a Long-Awaited Return 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The poison collects in shellfish, which are eaten by the turtles in brackish bays and estuaries, quickly causing paralysis and death. Spike in water toxins blamed for hundreds of turtle deaths 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z There is also a growing effort to reduce the environmental impact of desalinating brackish water. Desalination: the quest to quench the world's thirst for water 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The water is too salty for agriculture, but not too salty to support the kinds of plant and animal life you might find in a brackish estuary. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The modern process, known as reverse osmosis, involves forcing seawater at high pressure through a membrane that screens out the salt, leaving behind a heavily brackish residue. Desalination plants aren't an easy solution for California drought 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The brackish water poisons the plants even as it saves them, cutting his yield by as much as a fifth. Mighty Rio Grande Now a Trickle Under Siege 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Many are small and treat brackish groundwater, requiring much less energy and costing less than seawater treatment. Drinking Seawater Looks Ever More Palatable to Californians 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z That is why treating seawater is more energy-intensive than brackish or waste water, which require less force. Desalination: the quest to quench the world's thirst for water 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Australians have developed a technique to irrigate with brackish water, using the brine as fertilizer and cleaning out the water for use on site. In Parched California, Innovation, Like Water, Has a Limit 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Its brackish estuary is, also, vast and just a few miles north of Edinburgh. Scotland's High-End Salmon Season Is Open: Big Wind, Big Water, Big Fish 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Ms. West sometimes spots the head-high plants growing around brackish waters in Maryland. Planting a Clock That Tracks Hours by Flowers 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z With brackish water resources coming into play, decision-makers determining water policy in Texas must now also focus on groundwater quality as well as quantity. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It uses mainly brackish and waste water although later this year it will open one of the world’s largest seawater desalination plants in Carlsbad, San Diego. Desalination: the quest to quench the world's thirst for water 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In some cases if you’re near the rivers, the rivers are brackish so you got that salt. Kenneth P. Martin 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Closer by, some boys are diving into a pool of brackish water. A father's journey in the footsteps of his fallen son 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Snorts and whinnies intensify as the ponies charge forward, churning the brackish water. The Wild Ponies of Chincoteague Island To be potable, brackish groundwater must be desalinated, which an expensive process that removes salt from water. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z I take off my shoes, roll up my trouser legs, and wade into the brackish water. Useful objects : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The brackish lake, which is connected by a creek to Flushing Bay, is one of 47 lakes and ponds in the city’s five boroughs. Long Neglected, Lakes and Ponds in City Parks Will Get Some Attention 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Diegel, an environmental planner who may well be the foremost expert on the hydrology of the Gowanus watershed, is fully aware of the toxicity of the brackish, green-gray waters of the canal. Forensic Hydrology at the Gowanus Canal 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z South East Florida is home to about 2,000 American crocodiles, living in coastal areas and in the area’s abundance of saltwater canals and brackish creeks and mangrove swamps, according to the FWC. Crocodile attack earns Florida swimmers dubious distinction 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z For example, a desalination plant in El Paso is designed to treat 15 million gallons of brackish groundwater per day using RO. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z A wave of liquid sound comes towards me over the brackish waters of the Irrawaddy River. The murky world of the illicit jade trade 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z He and his team are also test-growing plants watered with a mix containing up to 25 percent of seawater – a must as diminishing aquifers turn brackish. July 4 Barbecues Welcome Infrared Tomatoes and Meatless Meat 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z In addition, baby alligators collected as eggs from the brackish waters of the Merritt Island refuge had elevated thyroid hormones. Space Shuttle Blast-Offs Spewed Metals, Chemicals into Wildlife Refuge 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It was determined that the Pecos Valley Aquifer in West Texas holds about 4.9 trillion gallons of fresh water and 27.7 trillion gallons of brackish water. The Texas Tribune: Digging Up Old Drilling Logs to Strike Not Oil, but Water 2014-04-10T23:16:02Z However, this policy direction would not necessarily take into account the difference in water quality or the ability of brackish groundwater to alleviate stress on fresh groundwater resources. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Rising seas are increasingly intruding into rivers, turning fresh water brackish. Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change 2014-03-28T05:09:43Z This is a mostly Central American species, well known for being tolerant of brackish and marine conditions. The New World Crocodile Assemblage: Crocodiles Part VII 2014-02-22T22:00:53Z The different thyroid hormones and weight may have more to do with Merritt Island’s salty, brackish water than its contaminants. Space Shuttle Blast-Offs Spewed Metals, Chemicals into Wildlife Refuge 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z As drought grips most of Texas, researchers are combing the records to map brackish groundwater in the state’s 30 aquifers — hidden resources that could help quench the state’s long-term thirst. The Texas Tribune: Digging Up Old Drilling Logs to Strike Not Oil, but Water 2014-04-10T23:16:02Z With water scarcity a major concern locally, oil and gas producers and municipalities are looking to an unconventional source of water to meet demand – brackish groundwater. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z They were brackish from a malfunctioning pipe between the bay and the ponds. Environmental Group Proposes Options for Breached Pond at Jamaica Bay 2014-02-11T02:54:33Z While often stated to be strictly restricted to freshwater lakes, rivers and pools in forests and savannahs, Morelet’s crocodile also inhabits brackish lagoons in parts of its range. The New World Crocodile Assemblage: Crocodiles Part VII 2014-02-22T22:00:53Z The transformed plants not only grow in salty soil, but also can be irrigated with brackish water, conserving fresh water for other uses. A Thirst For Technology To Mitigate California's Drought 2014-02-05T11:00:00Z Hundreds of quadrillions of gallons of brackish water are thought to lie in the cracks, pores and fault lines below the surface. The Texas Tribune: Digging Up Old Drilling Logs to Strike Not Oil, but Water 2014-04-10T23:16:02Z Nevertheless, the fact remains that RO is a viable technological option to making saline water – notably brackish groundwater, wastewater, and seawater – potable. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Politics has trouble with tradeoffs: Why brackish groundwater desalination instead of seawater desalination, or smaller scale solar still-type projects, or why not countless alternative water investments and strategies? To End California Drought, Fill More Hollywood And Silicon Valley Swimming Pools 2014-01-18T19:30:00Z Bolstering the case for the Oklahoma Octopus, some species of this animal are found in the brackish mouths of large rivers. Could an Octopus Really Be Terrorizing Oklahoma's Lakes? 2013-12-19T18:45:29.721Z The brackish water is located below freshwater aquifers. Fracking without Freshwater at a West Texas Oilfield 2013-11-22T05:45:04.293Z In federal water desalination policy, why the politically preferred brackish groundwater desalination instead of seawater?; Barack Obama's BRAIN Initiative vs. Bioengineered Gills and One-Wheeled SegWays 2013-04-03T17:18:30Z If the issue of brackish ground water treatment, use, and disposal is not addressed by the Texas Legislature, it seems likely that the resource will be treated like fresh groundwater from a legal perspective. Water, Texas, and an Opportunity that should not be Wasted 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The backdrop to an area of coal-fired power stations, lead smelting and mining, the coastal landscape is spiked with saltbush that can live on a trickle of brackish seawater seeping up through the arid soil. Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world's food crisis? 2012-11-24T21:00:01Z Under the helmet, the juice is brackish and bittersweet. Hungry City: Hungry City: Ducks Eatery in the East Village 2012-11-23T21:30:46Z The roughly 400 species of bdelloids live in fresh and brackish water, including puddles, sewage-treatment tanks, and drops of moisture adhering to soil. Bdelloids Surviving on Borrowed DNA 2012-11-15T22:40:04Z But Hurricane Isaac took all that away, turning some of the best grazing land in Louisiana’s low country into miles of brackish and foul-smelling floodwaters. Ranchers cope with herd losses from Isaac’s floods 2012-09-11T08:30:00Z The largest seawater desalination plant in the country, which is slightly larger than El Paso’s brackish water plant, operates in Florida. The Texas Tribune: Turning Saltwater From Earth and Sea Into Drinking Water 2012-06-10T00:07:16Z He knew perfectly well that the water on board was brackish and insipid, but it was condensed under his personal supervision. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Much branched, decumbent, 6´ high or less; spikes terminal and lateral, 1–4´ long, the base included in the broad sheath.—Borders of brackish marshes, Md. to S. Va., and on ballast northward. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Near Suez are the so-called “Wells of Moses,” natural springs of rather brackish water, surrounded by tamarisks and date-palms, which help to form an oasis—a pic-nic ground—in the desert. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z There was brandy, too, but very bad water; and it required something stronger than tea to take off the brackish taste; brandy alone could make it palatable for man. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z But they say that the state can help by easing regulations — for example, a requirement that every desalination project include a lengthy pilot study — and by doing more extensive mapping of Texas’ brackish water resources. The Texas Tribune: Turning Saltwater From Earth and Sea Into Drinking Water 2012-06-10T00:07:16Z A search was made for water that was not brackish, but the right places were missed, and at last, happily for all concerned, the settlement was abandoned in favour of the Hobart colony. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Varies, in less brackish swamps, with thinner elongated linear-lanceolate leaves, tapering to each end, and more erect racemes in a narrower panicle. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z There is a scant supply from wells even for the seven occupied houses with their stock, and that is brackish. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Into Hudson and James Bays flow numerous important rivers, so much so that the water of the latter is rather brackish than salt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z You spit out the bit of brackish saltwater that inevitably seeps into your mouth. Can You Hear Me Now? Human Noise Disrupts Blue Whale Communication 2012-03-01T03:45:02.947Z Leaves very obtuse, 1–3´ long, 1–2´´ broad; fruit 1´´ long, the thick lateral wings forming a corky margin.—In brackish marshes along the coast, from Mass. to Miss. July. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In none of our excursions could we find any water that had not a brackish taste. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z This was followed by the Sarmatian period, when Hungary was covered by extensive lagoons, the fauna being partly marine and partly brackish water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z A few wells of brackish water were scattered along the trackless course pursued by the caravans, but even these the Arabs had filled up or poisoned. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z In a neighboring ravine I found a spring of fresh water, though rather brackish to the taste; and in the more sheltered places were heaps of mussel-shells, the outer surface of a beautiful purple. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z And snapper Pontchartrain, named for the brackish estuary just north of New Orleans, was overcooked to the point of desiccation. | Unionville: Matthew?s Restaurant in Unionville ? Review 2012-02-18T08:20:05Z The water there was changed to a clayey-colour, and had a brackish taste. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Finally, in the Pontian period, the lagoons became gradually less and less salt, and the deposits are characterized especially by the abundance of shells which live in brackish water, especially Congeria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The waters of West Africa, salt, brackish, and fresh abound with fish, and many kinds are, if properly cooked, excellent eating. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z They usually have to go this depth in the sand, and then get poor, brackish water. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The canal which has replaced it is brackish; Lake Menzaleh, which bounds the Tel to the east, is more brackish still. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The Fountain of Honour overflowed in a torrent of brackish tears. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The water nearly everywhere is brackish, and only just drinkable. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z This stream, as well as most of the small rivers of the prairie, not excepting even the Little Sioux River, have, in general, a brackish taste when the water is low. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z With soapy fingers, they turn brackish discs to dull silver, then place them in red, plastic bowls. Taiwan Votes: What's at Stake in the Island's Presidential Election 2012-01-13T23:35:14Z You know our brackish ice is apt to be treacherous; the salt in the water softens it, so your father says, renders it more porous and unsafe. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z As the mangrove only flourishes in salt or brackish water, it had thus been deprived of its vital element, and the trees had accordingly perished in the fresh water. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Outside there is mud a foot deep, then a steep slope, and a disgusting green pool, and the drinking water is nauseous and brackish. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The landscape presented a view of coarse grass and brackish water; beyond that, beach and sea, and a horizon bounded by rugged mountains, capped in winter by snow. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z Pools of brackish water 2½ Guard-house 8 Well of bad water. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z But with a groan the brittle ice surrounding it gave way: the foremost rescuer’s body was plunged too into the freezing, brackish water. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Even while he kissed the brackish tears from her cheeks and eyes he hated her for being so beautiful and so wise, so full of passion and so discreet. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z For, indeed, the only water is a brackish reedy pool, with its slime well stirred by the feet of animals, and every man's hand is against his brother. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It emerges from the mountains with barely strength enough to crawl across the most dismal of deltas to lose its identity in the brackish estuaries at its many insignificant mouths. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z When the wild cattle of South America had greatly increased, it was discovered that they could not exist unless they had access to streams which had acquired brackish particles from the soil. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Each eddying dimple in the tidal river shone like a star sapphire, while the broad, brackish channel wound in and out between the marshes with as many wriggles as a lively trout. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z After a long journey in search of pasture, the beast was swaying beside a brackish well, its ribs and hip bones showing. Opinion: In Kenya, Famine?s Lessons 2011-11-26T22:22:13Z By the Doctor's advice any water they drank from the brackish pools was mixed with a few drops of rum. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The ring-neck, and, in fact, the red-head are much more common on these waters than on the salt or brackish marshes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Every one, the Captain included, drank freely of the warm water, and Julie made a remark that it tasted brackish for such an active spring. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z This was probably in consequence of the sudden change from brackish to salt water. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Another small town, Barile, has actually disappeared; and a lake has arisen from the bowels of the earth, the waters being warm and brackish. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Here small lakes frequently fill the depressions, though the water in them is generally salt or brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z While both species seem to do well any place, the large-mouthed are better adapted to muddy bottomed ponds and sloughs and brackish waters. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Adult fish live in the brackish waters of the delta and the South China Sea, but they fight their way back upstream to spawn at the beginning of the rainy season every year. Dam controversy: Remaking the Mekong 2011-10-19T17:20:30.960Z A narrow ridge of aching life, arid as the high shingle barrier, constrained her, brackish month by month, from her only refuge. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The man or woman without it is like a loaf of stale bread or a cup of brackish water. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Still more weird hairy caterpillars wriggled their way through the muddy, brackish current—aquatic larv� of a small moth which I had not seen since I found them in the trenches of Par�. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A large quantity of brackish water for flushing purposes and baths is pumped from the sandy flats of the north front on the Spanish side of the Rock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Its waters are salt, but brackish near the streams, and when evaporated produce a kind of soap used in the country. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z But all theories, however exalted, must filter down, in application, through the brackish stream of average human nature. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Boats landed about noon, and came off laden with fruit, but they could find no water that was not brackish. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z As might have been supposed, they found the waters of this inland sea less salt than the ocean itself, though by no means brackish. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z The water of the sea, though slightly brackish and not very clear, is generally used for drinking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Flamingos are found patchily throughout the world, wherever there are shallow salt pans, brackish waters or lagoons to exploit. Basics: Flamingos, Up Close and Personal 2011-08-22T19:06:18Z They sailed on the 26th, and two days after, anchored in the Bay of Vanderas near the river at the bottom of the bay; but the water of this river was now brackish. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z They dug well after well, but all were brackish. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Water was procurable from dams and wells only; the water of the former was often dirty, and that of the latter brackish. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z When Willis opened the lantern keg, he found the water half gone, and so brackish it was unfit to drink. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It lives in the brackish waters of mangrove swamps in central and South America, and hunts for food at the 's surface... its bulging eyes submerged halfway. Bifocal Fish Sees Differently Above And Below Water Line 2011-07-20T17:15:00.300Z As the fountain shrank it became more and more brackish; so much so that after his long day of unsuccessful hunting Kanu had been unable to quench his thirst at it. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The latter is about three-quarters of a mile long, and is divided by a huge mass of rocks covered with casuarina trees, behind which is a small stream of brackish water. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z It was a curious place to choose for amusement, for it had, and has, no recommendation except brackish water, pleasant scenery at high water, and excessive dullness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z I have, however, given in the introduction to each part a list of the species found in stagnant brackish water with a few notes and references to descriptions. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The soil is here unvaried; it is the Russian desert in all its uniformity, and the basin of the muddy and brackish Manitch, is perfectly in harmony with the regions it traverses. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The sun smote fiercely upon the red sand and water was scarce and brackish when obtained. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z There is no good water here, and to fill our tanks we dug holes just above high-water mark; the liquid that filtered in was slightly brackish, and gave a heavy deposit of earthy matter. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The coast on the north and west is low, sandy, and semi-barren; openings through the outer coastal strand lead to narrow brackish lagoons surrounded by mangroves. Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula 2011-06-21T02:00:27.783Z The question of the geographical range of the sponges, hydroids, and polyzoa of brackish water may be considered briefly, for it is of importance in considering that of those which are confined to fresh water. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z We could not satiate ourselves with the pleasure of beholding that brackish mud, and the forest of reeds that encompassed it. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The only water obtainable was so brackish and corroding as to cause great mortality among the inhabitants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z After rain, however, the water grew somewhat less brackish. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z When the party had first walked around the island they had overlooked this tiny rivulet, as the tide had been coming in and the brackish water had flowed up the course of it. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z At its south end, which is actually situated in the Ganjam district of Madras, the water is distinctly brackish and is said to be nearly fresh at certain times of year. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z They were quite dry when we arrived at them, and all the vicinity, intercepted by small brackish lakes, displayed no kind of vegetation. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Long before an islet submerges, it will become uninhabitable as inland waters become brackish and sea-defences fail. When states are sinking: I am a rock, I am an island 2011-05-26T10:46:21Z They had neither tobacco nor soap; there was no brandy to mix with the brackish water. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Most of the Negev's fish, fruits, and vegetables were developed to thrive in brackish water, but it costs money to pump water, irrigate plants and build greenhouses. Hidden Water Holds the Key to a Changing Desert 2011-04-28T15:02:00Z The fauna is essentially a freshwater one, but includes certain Mysid� and other crustacea usually found in brackish water. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The eighth day after our departure from Houidouk our fresh water was so sensibly diminished, that we were obliged to use brackish water in cooking. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Added to this misery, the eating of molded corn and drinking of brackish water downed nearly all, and killed half of the colonists before the summer had passed. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z The typical genus is Ectocarpus, comprising small, branched, filamentous plants of salt or brackish water. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z These include better taste, but also resistance to drought and brackish water. Hidden Water Holds the Key to a Changing Desert 2011-04-28T15:02:00Z Bombay.—The town of Bombay, built on an island near the mainland, is situated close to swamps and creeks of brackish water not unlike those that surround Calcutta. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z When the fracking fluid mixes with the shale, it may also become contaminated with radioactivity —the Marcellus is slightly radioactive — while growing increasingly brackish. The Gas Dilemma 2011-03-31T07:05:00Z "Neptune's spring here in the Acropolis is like the sea, brackish in flavor, but Minerva has given Greece the olive tree." Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The shores of the broad, sluggish, brackish river are a succession of tobacco and corn fields or marshy overflowed land. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The water is brackish, though far less salty than seawater. Hidden Water Holds the Key to a Changing Desert 2011-04-28T15:02:00Z The commonest parasite of the kind is a filamentous species particularly common in brackish water in the Ganges delta. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Its taste is slightly brackish, but for all that was greatly relished by us—possibly from having been so long upon the cask-water of the transport ships. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Yes, they have, and the water is so brackish that it would burst the stomach of a horse. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z He drank off his glass of whisky and soda; it had become flat and brackish, but to him it was nectar, since it was flavoured with ecstasy. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z From the mountain-top to which Helen's mantle has borne him, he can see the German Ocean, with its tides daily covering great stretches of the flat shore, and rendering them brackish and uninhabitable. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z My specimens were attached to the stem of a water-lily growing in a pool of slightly brackish water and were of a brilliant green colour. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Salt marshes and sea grasses also flourish in these brackish hinterlands. Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change 2011-03-10T13:15:05.867Z At a later period south-eastern Europe was covered by a series of extensive lagoons, and the waters of these lagoons gradually became brackish, and then fresh, before the area was finally converted into dry land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z In the rainy season this valley becomes a sea, flooded by the discharge of the Khanega; in summer the Arabs dig holes here which supply them with brackish water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The water obtained by digging in the channel of the stream was no longer brackish. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z No species of Alcyonellea has, however, as yet been found in Indian brackish waters. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z A number of small creeks of brackish water flow through the low, marshy meadows, below the level of the sea, and bring their sluggish tribute to the Yser. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Now the Baltic has not the character of a true sea, but is merely brackish, and the oyster does not occur in the Baltic except at its entrance into the ocean. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z There is an idea prevalent in Syria, that England being an island, there are no springs, that all the streams are brackish, and that the inhabitants are supplied with drinking-water from the clouds. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z There was no forage for the cattle; the water was of the most brackish description; and the spot being of old infested by Bedouins, the party passed a restless and watchful night. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Most of the species are confined to fresh water, but a few are found in brackish water or even in the sea. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z It consists of terrestrial, fresh or brackish water, and marine deposits. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The early Eocene formations of the London-Paris-Belgian basin were of fresh-water and brackish origin; towards the middle of the period they had become marine, while later they reverted to the original type. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He thought it probable that these salt deposits are the remains of the slightly brackish lakes of antiquity. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Swinton took a deep draft of the perfumed air that drifted lazily from pink-cheeked oleander and jasmine; then he cursed, for a brackish taint of hookah killed in his nostrils the sweet perfume. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It is most common, in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, in that part of the town which is near the Salt Lakes, and occurs in ponds the water of which is slightly brackish. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The citizens thought the water brackish opposite the town. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z In the Puget formation of Washington we have a great series of sediments, largely of brackish water origin, and in parts coal-bearing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z An instance of this kind is Lake N'gami; for the waters of the lake when low become brackish. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In due course came re-entry, with the brackish waters of the office closing overhead as swiftly as if you'd never left. CEOs like Steve Jobs style themselves as messiahs, not mere managers. But that's just an excuse to rake it in 2011-01-25T07:00:12Z The Mutlah is really a tidal creek rather than a river, in spite of the fact that it runs for a considerable number of miles, and its waters are distinctly brackish. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Although I did not think it brackish, I found it vapid and disagreeable. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z He painted the resulting brackish stew onto the white lines, matching them to the rest of the map. A Star of New York?s Map World Is Saved 2011-01-17T02:12:23Z They soon run dry, and only by digging deep down in their beds can a scant amount of brackish water be obtained to supply both man and beast until the rainy season begins. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It is, indeed, brackish at the lower part of the brook, but higher up it will be found excellent. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z At this end there are numerous small artificial pools of brackish water somewhat resembling those of Port Canning as regards their fauna. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z And cholera is still with us, its bacteria colonizing brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Climate change prompts debate among experts about spread of tropical diseases 2011-01-11T00:47:02Z People describe potassium chloride as being kind of brackish tasting, maybe kind of metallic, like a dirty salt solution. Taste: More than meets the mouth 2011-01-04T21:23:24.257Z Its water is brackish and has no outlet. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z There was one large bowl-shaped, grassy depression sloping down to the three pits of brown and brackish water. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z It occurs not uncommonly in the creeks that penetrate into the Ganges delta and has been found in pools of brackish water at Port Canning. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Colwell and her colleagues have shown that the cholera bacterium lives, often in a dormant state, in brackish estuaries and on zooplankton. Climate change prompts debate among experts about spread of tropical diseases 2011-01-11T00:47:02Z The sand sunflower, for instance, is limited to sand dunes in Utah and northern Arizona and the puzzle sunflower to brackish salt marshes in West Texas and New Mexico. Remarkable Creatures: Hybrids May Thrive Where Parents Fear to Tread 2010-09-16T03:31:00Z Moreover, algae might be grown on arid land and brackish water, so that fuel production would not compete with food production. Exploring Algae as Fuel 2010-07-26T04:30:00Z Stolen appliances are replaced, brackish pools are refilled. Cost of Fannie And Freddie Keeps Rising 2010-06-20T01:29:00Z Both hydroid and medus� were found in a small pool of brackish water at Port Canning. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z This has allowed farmers to switch between growing rice in the wet season and raising shrimp in the brackish waters in the dry. Vietnam Feels the Heat of a 100-Year Drought 2010-03-04T16:10:00Z The source of oyster contamination is in sewage pollution either of the shellfish beds or of the brackish water in which the oyster is sometimes placed to "fatten" before it is marketed. Food Poisoning In its lower course it is much used for irrigation, and the valley is cultivated and populous; yet the water is said to be somewhat brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Within a recent geological period, central Aragon was undoubtedly submerged by the sea, and the parched chalky soil remains saturated with salt, while many of the smaller streams run brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The medusa was originally taken off the coast of Ceylon, while the hydroid was discovered in ponds of brackish water at Port Canning. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z There are three divisions of the Headon strata, marine beds in the middle coming between upper and lower beds formed in fresh and brackish water. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The next she knew, Blake was splashing her head and face with brackish water out of the whiskey flask. Into the Primitive The province of Buenos Aires has more than 600 lakes, the great majority small, and some brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The fresh water emptying into the sea at these places make the water brackish, which increases the quantity of worms. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The species are essentially marine, but a few are found in brackish water in estuaries. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The strata consist largely of mottled green and red clays, probably deposited in brackish lagoons. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight “Time turn in,” he mumbled, and sprawled 17 full length in the brackish ooze. Into the Primitive The negus had, to be sure, a brackish flavour, but it sent a glow of warmth through our chilled bodies, and when the bowl was emptied a second brew was demanded. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Clear and rapid as they descend the hills, on reaching the lowlands of the Konkan they become muddy and brackish creeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The species are essentially marine, but a few are found in brackish water. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Large part was deposited in freshwater by rivers running into lagoons, or in the brackish water of estuaries, while at times the sea encroached, and beds of marine origin were laid down. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight A brackish lagoon surrounded by mangroves, located just southwest of El Ticuiz. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México She pushed her way through a heavy growth of reeds on the near bank, knelt and drank thirstily, then slipped out of her tunic and submerged her entire body in the brackish liquid. The Return of Tharn White whales were seen; and some of the crew thought the water tasted brackish. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Victorella, although found in fresh water, occurs more commonly in brackish water and is known to exist in the littoral zone of the sea. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The Upper and Lower Headon are mainly fresh or brackish water deposits. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The lizard is abundant in the mangrove swamps bordering the brackish lagoons on the coast. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México Dropping to his hands and knees at the river's edge, he drank deeply of the brackish waters. The Return of Tharn Its water is brackish, the tide flowing into it. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Geographical Distribution.—V. bengalensis is abundant in pools of brackish water in the Ganges delta and in the Salt Lakes near Calcutta; it also occurs in ponds of fresh water near the latter. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Fish abound in its waters, which are sweet, save at low-level, when they become brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" They lighted fires and made coffee with the brackish water that oozed into holes dug in the salt-encrusted sand, but it sickened them, and they could not drink it. Campmates A Story of the Plains The water was brackish and unpleasant to the taste. From Bull Run to Appomattox The sea-water at Atkinson Island being quite salt, and the ponds on the shore brackish, we had recourse to the ice that lay aground for a supply of fresh water. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Secondly, the inlet grew shallower, and the water became brackish, or alternately salt and fresh, so that the remains of freshwater and marine shells were mingled in the blue argillaceous sediment of its bottom. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Rebs had been here for a year drinking brackish water, everyone is that lazy. An Artilleryman's Diary True, two puddles of stagnant water did present themselves to our longing eyes, but how grievous was our disappointment when, upon tasting, the water proved to be brackish and sulphurous. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 At one corner is a senote, with the remains of steps leading down to it, and containing brackish water. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. About two miles from Nicholson's Island the water was nine fathoms deep, and had a brackish taste; but as we continued our course to the northward, it became shoaler and salter. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea We have also to explain the frequent intercalations of root-beds, and the interposition here and there of brackish and marine deposits, demonstrating the occasional presence of the neighboring sea. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The xerophytic structures found in some of the plants might seem to corroborate this view; but similar structures are assumed by many plants when dwelling in brackish marshes and morasses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" It began with oysters, rather brackish but good, and ended with cheese. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Usually these locations are on fresh water streams but some of them are further out toward the bay where the water is salty or at least brackish. Ducks and Geese It is reported to be full of islands, to be every where brackish; and, besides its communication with the eastern branch of the Mackenzie, to receive two other large rivers. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea This mud contains in it recent species of shells, some of them proper to brackish water, and is believed by Mr. Darwin to be an estuary or delta deposit. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Capybaras are aquatic rodents, frequenting the banks of lakes and rivers, and 297 being sometimes found where the water is brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" When the rains fail, as they failed this year, they take to their wells, which are brackish and breed guinea-worm. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They forded a small river, rippling deep down in a thickly bushed valley, and the steeds drank gratefully of its cool, if slightly brackish, water. Harley Greenoak's Charge The soundings in the middle of the opening exceeded nine fathoms; the water became less salt as we advanced, and at last could only be termed brackish. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The presence of these annelids teaches us that the water was salt or brackish. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The inhabitants of the waters of this geographical phase include mollusca, which are supposed to have lived in brackish or fresh water, such as Anthracomya, Naiadites, Carbonicola, and many forms of Crustacea, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The second night they found a small spring with brackish but drinkable water. Home is Where You Left It Where we remained the water was brackish, and constituted the chief inconvenience of our station. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Many large masses of ice were floating in it, which proved to us that it had considerable depth; but the water being only brackish, excited a suspicion that there was no passage through it. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea These animals swarm in the brackish water along the line of sand-banks, where the advance of the delta is most rapid. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology All the lakes are shallow and the water in them salt or brackish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Here they dug holes in the sand and obtained a supply of brackish water, which was so unwholesome that some died from drinking it in excessive quantities. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Yet we were anxious, at all events, to take the chill off the water, so as to disguise, by the warmth, its brackish flavour and its disagreeable smell. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The wind being contrary, and the evening cold, temperature 40°, we encamped on the reef at eight p.m., where we found plenty of drift timber; the water was brackish. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The liquor was heady, exhilarating, with a faintly brackish flavor. The Secret of Kralitz The water of el-Kerun is brackish, though derived from the Nile, which has at all seasons a much higher level. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" There are no springs, and the water of the wells is brackish. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia With excessive nastiness of very brackish and very fetid water was combined extreme scarcity of fuel. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] I was looking forward with joy to the prospect of even a mouthful of the brackish water that, was at the vlei, which I trusted was not yet all exhausted. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa As he mounted nearer the surface and drew inshore he passed the mouths of various rivers and encountered swirling currents of brackish water. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The water was brackish, and unfit to drink, but clear. Toilers of the Sea It was the size of a man, but thin, skeleton thin, and the color of brackish water. Know Thy Neighbor Next they bent over the edge of the lake, and inhaled long, insatiable draughts of the brackish water, which we could see ascending their long necks as up some flexible pump. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] To-day several wells have been dug in various parts of the island, but the water found in them is near the surface and is too brackish for any use. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw Though his fastidiousness was revolted, he had no choice but to use the brackish water from over the side to dissolve the pellet for the shot. When the Cock Crows Half an hour before sunset, he called a halt when they reached a brackish waterhole. The World That Couldn't Be But in recent years a change has taken place, and the blown sand has silted up the channel, with the result that this tidal area has been transformed into a brackish lake. Territory in Bird Life This great salt mine seems to pervade with its influence the whole Ortous district, throughout whose extent the water is brackish, the soil arid, and the surface encrusted with saline matter. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Rivers “wither” away, or end in sinks or brackish lakes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" We had no water the first 25 miles excepting from one small brackish creek. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 He put a pinch of the parched and powdered corn into his mouth and took a sip of brackish water. The World That Couldn't Be Not far off was the burrow in the coral whence we supplied ourselves with brackish water. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) |
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