A survey is given of recent results on the properties of pure water and binary and ternary mixtures at high temperatures and high pressures with emphasis on the geochemically important systems H 2 0 -CO 2 , H 2 0 -NaCl, and H 2 0 -CO 2 -NaC!. Among the properties discussed are phase diagrams, PVTx data, thermodynamic and transport properties, dielectric constant, electrical conductivity, and ionic equilibria. Concepts for predictive calculations of thermodynamic properties are briefly described.At about 200 kbar the melting temperature reaches 700 K.