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Water boring enough to drink but not salty enough to gargle.
means Naturally occurring water with very low dissolved salt, found in rivers, lakes, ponds, and glaciers.
from Plainly Old English: fresh meaning unspoiled or unsalted, water meaning, well, water — a compound so honest it never needed dressing up.
Tiny shareUnder 3 percent of Earth water is fresh.
Mostly frozenMost of it is locked in glaciers and ice.
Biodiversity hotspotHosts disproportionately many species per drop.