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The large-scale study, featuring input from hundreds of scientists, was the biggest assessment of freshwater animals to date.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The largest number of freshwater animals that are under threat are in Lake Titicaca in South America, Lake Victoria in Africa, Western Ghats in India and Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone, the study found.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The Great Lakes are the freshwater heart of North America.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The largest number of freshwater animals that are under threat are in Lake Titicaca in South America, Lake Victoria in Africa, Western Ghats in India and Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone, the study found.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
The Great Lakes are the freshwater heart of North America.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshwater
pure
Adjective
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This remains pure conjecture, and an exaggeration of the role of symbiosis beyond what mainstream evolutionary theory would support; random mutation is still considered the main driver of speciation.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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Cam, 40, inhabits a space similar to Brandi Carlile, her appealing songs making their point in a pure, expressive voice.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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“Freshwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshwater. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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