List of bodies of water by salinity

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This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.5%, at or below which water is considered fresh. On average, seawater has a salinity of 3.5% (or 35 parts per thousand).

Salinity
(percentage)		 Name Type Region or countries Refs
44% Don Juan Pond Salt lake Antarctica [1]
40% Lake Retba Salt lake  Senegal
35% Lake Vanda Salt lake Antarctica
35% Garabogazköl Lagoon  Turkmenistan
34.8% Lake Assal Salt lake  Djibouti
33.7% Dead Sea Salt lake  Israel,  Jordan,  Palestine[2]
8.5–28% Lake Urmia Salt lake  Iran [3]
5–28% Laguna Cejar Salt lake Chile
5–27% Great Salt Lake Salt lake  United States [4]
18% Little Manitou Lake Salt lake  Canada [5]
5–9.9% Mono Lake Salt lake  United States [6]
4.4% Salton Sea Salt lake  United States
3.6-4.1% Red Sea Mediterranean sea  Saudi Arabia,  Yemen,  Egypt,  Sudan,
 Eritrea,  Djibouti,  Israel,  Jordan 		[7]
3–4% Lake Natron Salt lake  Tanzania [8]
3.5% Pacific Ocean Ocean
3.5% Atlantic Ocean Ocean [9]
0.013–3.173% Chilika Lake Lagoon  India [10]
1.3–2.3% Black Sea Mediterranean sea  Bulgaria,  Romania,  Ukraine
 Russia,  Georgia,  Turkey 		[11]
2.4% Lake Van Salt lake  Turkey
1.25% Caspian Sea Lake  Azerbaijan,  Iran,  Kazakhstan
 Russia,  Turkmenistan		[12]
1.0% Baltic Sea Mediterranean sea  Europe[13]

See also

Salt lake

References

  1. ↑ G.M. Marion (1997). "A theoretical evaluation of mineral stability in Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley, Victoria Land". Antarctic Science. 9 (1): 92–99. doi:10.1017/S0954102097000114.
  2. ↑ Goetz, P.W. (ed.) The New Encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed.). Vol. 3, p. 937. Chicago, 1986
  3. ↑ Lake Urmia. 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 28 August, 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619901/Lake-Urmia
  4. ↑ Can I float in Great Salt lake?. Utah Geological Survey.
  5. ↑ Little Manitou Lake. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  6. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions About Mono Lake". monolake.org. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  7. ↑ A. Anati, David (March 1999). "The salinity of hypersaline brines: Concepts and misconceptions". International Journal of Salt Lake Research. doi:10.1023/A:1009059827435. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  8. ↑ The Biology and Culture of Tilapias: Proceedings of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, p.38
  9. ↑ "Atlantic Ocean". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Indian Journal of Marine Sciences - Variation of Water Quality of Chilika Lake, Orissa
  11. ↑ Black Sea - Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  12. ↑ Lake Basin Management Initiative - The Caspian Sea (2004)
  13. ↑ Long Term Temperature & Salinity Records from the Baltic Sea Transition Zone
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