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fresh water

Also known as freshwater, sweetwater

naturally occurring water with low concentrations of dissolved salts

AI overview

Fresh water is naturally occurring water that contains very low levels of dissolved salts, making it different from salty ocean water. It matters because it's essential for drinking, agriculture, and many other human activities, yet it makes up only a small fraction of Earth's total water supply.

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Within Vinony's link graph, fresh water is referenced by 3,763 other articles, and connects out to body of water, river ecosystem and snow.

Vinony files it under Aquatic ecology, Fresh water and Hydrology.

Its subject is documented across 85 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

115,551 papers

Fog as a fresh-water resource: overview and perspectives.ReviewAmbio · 2012Klemm O, Schemenauer RS, Lummerich A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0247-8
[Toxicological study of fresh water microcystins].ReviewWei sheng yan jiu = Journal of hygiene research · 2006Chen GY, Yang ZB, Tao MX
Fresh-water near-drowning: radiological aspects.Radiology · 1974Hunter TB, Whitehouse WMDOI: 10.1148/112.1.51
Determination of thiram residues in fresh water using flow injection diperiodatonickelate(IV)-quinine chemiluminescence detection.Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence · 2022Asghar M, Yaqoob M, Munawar N et al.DOI: 10.1002/bio.4389
[Fresh water aquaria and veterinary practice. 2. Studies of proper raising of ornamental fish].ReviewTierarztliche Praxis · 1992Etscheidt J, Manz D
The influence of predation on the composition of fresh-water animal communities.ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1977Macan TTDOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1977.tb01345.x
Attachment of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to pyrite in fresh and saline water and fitting to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.Biotechnology letters · 2020San Martín F, Kracht W, Vargas TDOI: 10.1007/s10529-020-02842-z
[Microbiological quality control of fresh and mineral water].ReviewVoprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury · 2004Zotova VI, Panova LN, Afanas'eva MI

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Encyclopedic overview

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mineral-rich waters, such as chalybeate springs. Fresh water may encompass frozen and meltwater in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, snowfields and icebergs, natural precipitations such as rainfall, snowfall, hail/sleet and graupel, and surface runoffs that form inland bodies of water such as wetlands, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, as well as groundwater contained in aquifers, subterranean rivers and lakes.

Water is critical to the survival of all living organisms. Many organisms can thrive on salt water, but the great majority of vascular plants and most insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds need fresh water to survive.

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