Freshwater refers to naturally occurring water on the surface such as bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground in aquifers and underground rivers. Freshwater is characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts. The term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water.

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Systems

Scientifically, freshwater habitats are divided into lentic systems, which are the stillwaters including ponds, lake,swamps and mires; lotic systems, which are running water and groundwater which flows in rocks and aquifers. There is, in addition, a zone which bridges between groundwater and lotic systems, which is the hyporheic zone, which underlies many larger rivers and can contain substantially more water than is seen in the open channel. It may also be in direct contact with the underlying groundwater.