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Are rivers and streams fresh or salty?
river is fresh water because it has no salt in it. ocean is salt water because of its salt content. hope this helps
A place where fresh water from rivers mixes with salty ocean water is a?
An estuary is the place when river water mixes with seawater (salty ocean water).
How much fresh water is in the ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is salty, there is no fresh water in it.
What is a place where rivers flow into oceans and have very salty water but not as salty as the ocean?
The place where a river flows into an ocean and fresh water mixes with salt water is known as a delta. The water that is less salty than seawater is known as brackish water.
What kind of water has the lowest freezing point 1. Salty ocean water 2. Fresh lake water 3. Running river water?
running river water
Does the Avon river in Western Australia have fresh or salty water in it?
The Avon River is fresh water.
Is Colorado river salt water or fresh water?
All rivers are by definition fresh water unless they are very polluted. There is, however, a portion of every river that reaches an ocean that is called an estuary. this is where the fresh water coming downstream mingles with the salty tidal water of the ocean.
what is the difference betwean sea water and river water?
Sea water is salty, and river water is fresh.
Is water that evaporates from the ocean salty or fresh?
It's fresh water. The salt remains in the oceans as the water evaporates.
Contrast the water in oceans with fresh water?
Ocean water Can't drink it and its salty. Fresh Water can drink it, because its fresh :D!
Is the water fresh or salty?
This would depend if the water is from a sea or a river source.
Why do most fishes prefer fresh water than salty water?
it denpents were the fish is from the ocean or fresh water lakes
