Fresh watter

Fresh watter (freshwatter or fresh-watter an aw) is watter that daesna hae a lot o saut in it.

Whan fowk say fresh watter, thay are maist likely talkin aboot watter frae the lochs, rivers, snaw, an ice. It micht can mean watter that fowk can drink an aw. Aw bes it drinkin the watter frae the snaw completely frozen first athoot a little meltin is verra bad for ye. The oceans an seas are made up o saut watter, that fowk canna drink. Houaniver, fowk canna drink aw fresh watter, acause it michtna be clean an mey hae bacteria athin it, whilk are wee leevin things that can cause diseases. Fresh watter that fowk can drink saufly is cried potable water.

See Forby

• Watter cycle
• Saut watter
• Snaw