Types of Water
By: Julia Knight
Fresh Water
- Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface
- It comes in the form of ice sheets, ice caps, glaceirs, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams
- Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other dissolved solids
Brackish Water
- Brackish water or Briny water
- Has more salt dissolved in it than in fresh water but has considerably less salt concentrations in it than salt water
Salt Water
- Salt water is water containing a high concentration of dissolved salt
- Mostly found in the sea or ocean