Water Transitions

Part I of Essay
Brackish water is a fairly salty mixture of freshwater and sea water. It is unique in numerous ways and is a life giving ecosystem. To understand what brackish water is, a background should be known about its sources. First of all, there is freshwater. Out of all the w ....

Part II of Essay
.... element. Although seawater has a fairly constant ratio of major elements, salinity and seawater can fluctuate. Normally, the salinity is thirty-four to thirty-seven parts per thousand (ppt.), but on a particularly rainy morning, the salinity may decrease to something as low as thirty-two ppt. (Stuller 29). The mixing of freshwater and sea water forms a third type of water, known as brackish water. Brackish water can be found in a variety of mixing zones such as river deltas, freshwater title marshes, estuaries, fjords, and in the midd ....