Water Transitions
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Brackish water is a fairly salty mixture of freshwater and sea
water. It is unique in numerous ways and is a life giving ecosystem. To
understand what brackish water is, a background should be known about its
sources.
First of all, there is freshwater. Out of all the water on the
planet, only ....
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.... hydrogen, oxygen,
sodium, and chlorine; it also contains every naturally occurring element.
Although seawater has a fairly constant ratio of major elements, salinity
and seawater can fluctuate. Normally, the salinity is thirty-four to
thirty-seven parts per thousand (ppt.), but on a particularly rainy morning,
the salinity may decrease to something as low as thirty-two ppt. (Stuller
29).
The mixing of freshwater and sea water forms a third type of water,
known as brackish water. Brackish ....
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