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Salinity vs Brackishwater - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between salinity and brackishwater

is that salinity is the quality of being saline while brackishwater is water whose salinity falls between that of fresh water and that of seawater.

salinity

English

Noun

(salinities)
  • The quality of being saline.
  • (chemistry) The concentration of salt in a solution.

    • Synonyms

    * salineness * saltiness

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    brackishwater

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia brackishwater)
  • Water whose salinity falls between that of fresh water and that of seawater.
  • * 1991 , V G Jhingran, Fish and fisheries of India
    • Recently, however, a system of fish and prawn farming has been developed in specially designed brackishwater ponds.
  • * 2006 , Chhorn Lim, Carl D Webster, Tilapia: biology, culture, and nutrition
    • Hybrids between O. mossambicus and other less-tolerant strains also show relatively fast growth rates in brackishwater and full-strength seawater.