freshwater spring

collocation in English

meaningsoffreshwaterandspring

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freshwater
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfreʃˌwɔː.tər/us
/ˈfreʃˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
living in or containing water that is ...
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spring
noun
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/
the season of the year between winter and summer, lasting from March to June north of the equator, and from September to December south of the equator, when the weather becomes warmer, leaves and plants start to grow again and ...
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(Definition offreshwaterandspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The new site had a largefreshwaterspringand enough good timber to support a sawmill.
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By 1845 this outpost had grown to support a military barracks, built on the site of thefreshwaterspring.
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The pool is fed by afreshwaterspringwhich flows out towards the sea.
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Afreshwaterspringwithin the fort provided water supply to the ships that used to stop by.
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This name came about when two competing farmers fought over the only availablefreshwaterspringin the area.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland andfreshwaterspring.
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Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes,freshwaterspring, and coastal saline lagoons.
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Anotherfreshwaterspringis located behind the marsh that is situated in the saddle between the two drumlins.
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The town was renamed as they were discussing the matter of thefreshwaterspringand were trying to come to an agreement.
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Afreshwaterspringin the vicinity supplied potable water to passing ships, thus lending the fort its name.
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Only one existed by the time the townsfreshwaterspringdried up in 1950 and that last mill closed in 1965.
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Afreshwaterspringthat later contributed to the community's name, ran through the area.
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Dor had an unfailingfreshwaterspringnear the edge of the sea and to its south a lagoon and sandy beach enclosed by a chain of islets.
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Its natural habitats are temperate forests, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs.
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Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs.
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Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs.
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The interior of the canyon has thirty rapids, five waterfalls, three beaches, two freshwater springs and a cofferdam three meters wide.
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It is known from freshwater springs, and is suspected to also live in subterranean habitats.
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