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What is the difference between saline water and brackish water?
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∙ 14y ago
The main difference between the two terms is the salinity, presence of salts in water Saline water is more salty as compare to the brackish water.
Brackish water has a TDS(Total Dissolves Solids) upto 10,000 ppm.
while Saline water has a TDS more then 10,000 ppm.
Sea water is more salty then Saline water and has a TDS of 35,000 ppm ore more
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What is brackish water ecosystem?
Brackish water is flat and salty.
Why is saline used in microbiology?
Saline is sterilized and used to suspend and wash bacterial cells. Saline is used as distilled water would cause the cells to lyse due to osmosis. The saline solution is a solution of salt and water, it contains no source of energy.
Why do you use saline to moist the tissue?
Saline is salt water and mimics the bodies own natural fluids.
What body of water requires animals to adapt to both salt and fresh water?
Quick and Dirty: Brackish.
Can Mangroves survive in fresh water?
yes, they can survive in fresh water as well as saline water
Is brackish water more saline than ocean water?
No, brackish water is not more saline than ocean water.
What is diffrance between saline and brackish water?
Information Item >> Definition/Identification >> Composition >> Chemical Composition
When you dissolve salt in water what is the mixture you produce called?
Saltwater. A saline solution. Brackish water.
What is another way to call salt water?
Foe example: brine, saline water, brackish water.
Are salinity desalination the same?
Salinization is the process by which a non saline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water, While desalination is the process to remove salts from seawater or soil. So the difference is that salinity is the concentration of salt in, for example water, desalination is the process of removing salts from the water.=P
What is water called when it has a low saline content?
It is called "fresh water" (rather than salt water, or brackish water which has substantially more salt in it).
What is the name of a salt solution?
Brackish water (0,05-3% salt), saline water (3-5 % salt), brine (over 5 % salt).
What is the difference between iso saline and hypo saline?
Iso saline refers to a body of water with equal salt concentrations (for example when compared to seawater). Hypo saline conditions is when the salt concentration is less than that of seawater.
What is types of salt water?
The terminology (in English) is:- brackish water: 0,05-3 % salt- saline water: 3-5 % salt- brine: over 5 % salt
Why is salt water brackish?
Salt water and brackish water are different in terms how the amount of salt. You can say salt water is brackish, since brackish water and salt water both contain salt. However, salt water has more salt than brackish water, since brackish water is a mix between salt water and fresh water (so it has less salt).
What I'd the difference between a turtle and a taripin?
A terrapin is a turtle living in fresh or brackish water. Turtles sometimes live in land
What is the difference between rivers and wetlands?
Rivers : flowing fresh water. Wetlands : tidal flows or almost none, brackish water (i.e, partially salt).
