saline water

water that contains a significant concentration of dissolved salts
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saline water

Summary

saline water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,199 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • saline water followed brackish water[2].
  • saline water was followed by hypersaline water[3].
  • saline water is a type of aqueous solution[4].
  • saline water's Commons category is recorded as Saline water[5].
  • saline water is the opposite of fresh water[6].
  • saline water comprises water[7].
  • saline water comprises salt[8].
  • saline water's facet of is recorded as salinity[9].
  • saline water's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002010[10].

Body

Definition and Type

saline water is a type of aqueous solution[4]. It is the opposite of fresh water[6].

Use and Application

Components include water[7], a type of chemical entity[11] and salt[8], a structural class of chemical entities[12].

Why It Matters

saline water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,199 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) water, salt
    Follows
    Opposite of fresh water
    Has parts
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553426905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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