Phenomena and Processes

Fresh Water

Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and LAKES.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and LAKES.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Freshwater
  • Fresh Waters
  • Freshwaters
  • Water, Fresh
  • Waters, Fresh

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings analysis, chemistry, microbiology, parasitology, virology.

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History Note

91(72); was see under WATER 1972-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Water (1966-1971)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G16.500.275w.280w
  2. N06.230w.232w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fresh Water. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005618. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005618
  2. Fresh Water. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_water
  3. Fresh Water. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102192