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Definition of freshwater
: water that is not salty especially when considered as a natural resource
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Once unpacked in your woodsy cabin, grab your water skis, launch your boat and take a spin on one of the 28 lakes that make up the world’s largest chain of freshwater lakes, with thanks to the glaciers that created this water playground. 6 p.m. –
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These strays only comprise a small amount of the total number of Pacific salmon that return to freshwater streams each year.
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Snopes noted in their debunking that the image shared with the Reach365 article depicts a great white shark, not a freshwater bull shark.
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In fact, about 99 percent of freshwater ice on the planet is locked up in these regions.
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Whitewater officials repeatedly defended themselves by saying that the amoeba is common in warm freshwater lakes and other bodies of water during the summer, particularly in the southern United States.
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LONG along@kcstar.com facebook twitter email Share Grandson of local BBQ legend opens fine dining restaurant Freshwater in midtown specializes in local, fresh ingredients on its fine-dining but affordable menus.
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The oped (Opinion, June 1) submitted by water experts at Stanford University claimed there is only one desalination project in the state – to their knowledge – that will reduce strain on local freshwater.
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Water levels on all five Great Lakes — the world's largest system of freshwater lakes — currently exceed their historical average.
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First Known Use of freshwater
14th century
freshwater
Definition of freshwater
1 : of, relating to, being, or living in freshwater
2 : accustomed to navigating only in inland waters a freshwater sailor; also : unskilled
3 : inland and usually provincial a freshwater college
First Known Use of freshwater
1528
FRESHWATER Defined for English Language Learners
freshwater
Definition of freshwater for English Language Learners
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: of, relating to, or living in water that is not salty
FRESHWATER Defined for Kids
freshwater
playDefinition of freshwater for Students
: relating to or living in fresh water freshwater fish
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