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fresh water

naturally occurring water with low concentrations of dissolved salts
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fresh water

Summary

fresh water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fresh water was followed by brackish water[2].
  • fresh water is a type of water[3].
  • fresh water is part of river[4].
  • fresh water is part of pond[5].
  • fresh water is part of freshwater lake[6].
  • fresh water's Commons category is recorded as Freshwater[7].
  • fresh water is the opposite of brine[8].
  • fresh water's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fresh water[9].
  • fresh water's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • fresh water's studied by is recorded as aquatic science[11].
  • fresh water's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002011[12].

Body

Definition and Type

fresh water is a type of water[3]. It is the opposite of brine[8].

Use and Application

Part of include river[4], an ecosystem type[13]; pond[5]; and freshwater lake[6], a lake type[14].

Why It Matters

fresh water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Fresh water
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → brine
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3793, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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