freshwater

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Living in fresh water.

   • The trout is a freshwater fish.
2. 2

   Consisting of fresh water.

   • Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
3. 3

   Unskilled as a seaman.

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   1. 4

      Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great…

      Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes.

   2. 5

      A body of fresh water.

      • Fossils with low Sr/Ca ratios indicating origin in a freshwater of a type which has a low Sr/Ca ratio: […]
      • Smith (1958) found that N. limnicola in Lake Merced, virtually a freshwater, had no paragnaths or at the most one on section I against the "normal" 1–2.
      • The chances of long-term preservation of fossils in freshwaters are minimal, for freshwaters are readily disturbed and destroyed by drought on the land masses.
   3. 6

      Alternative form of fresh water.

      • Schematic diagram of the viscosity effect during the injection of freshwater.
      • Above 200m, high-salinity water was being carried southward out of the Arabian Sea. This implies that most of the freshwater was imported into the Arabian Sea in the upper layer.
      • Actual field data of Cl distribution in soil after irrigation with TWW and freshwater were obtained in a field experiment in Israel (Feigin et al., 2005; Fine et al. 2007).
   4. 7

      A place name

      A place name:

   5. 8

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• neighboraquatic
• neighborlentic
• neighborlotic
• neighborwetland