Water
Further information: Water (molecule)#Density of water and iceAn especially notable irregular maximum density is that of water, which reaches a density peak at 3.98 °C (39.16 °F). This has important ramifications in Earth's ecosystem.
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Famous quotes containing the word water:
“What’s water but the generated soul?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“But the beggar gazes on calamity
And thereafter he belongs to it, to bread
Hard found, and water tasting of misery.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“We wished our two souls
might return like gulls
to the rock. In the end,
the water was too cold for us.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)