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Salt's origins are in the rocks on land. As rocks weather and erode, finding their way to the seas and oceans through streams and rivers, minerals such as salts are dissolved in the water and do not evaporate causing the salinity of seawater to increase over time. The vast majority of salt produced today for human use is mined from seas and lakes which evaporated long ago, leaving vast quantities of chemical sedimentary rock known as rock salt.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoRain water dissolves chemicals from the rocks and soil due to erosion and carries them in solution to the sea. Evaporation by sun and wind allows water to escape into the atmosphere and form clouds, thereby, leaving the chemicals behind in the sea. Over the long life of the Earth, the saltiness of sea water is considered to be greater than when the oceans first formed.
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∙ 7y agoNot really. Salt (sodium chloride or table salt) can be found in many places. There are salt mines everywhere. Some are so large that they are like unground cities. About 25% of the salt produced comes from evaporating seawater. The rest comes from old deposits (mines). As for the oceans, the salt is mixed rather evenly.
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∙ 11y agoWater running off land into the oceans carries minerals with it. These minerals include salts. Salts dissolve in the water and are left in the oceans when water evaporates to form clouds.
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Where does the salt in ocean come from?
Most of the salt in the ocean comes from under sea vents but some does come from rocks being eroded Sodium Chloride has a very high residency time as well because it does not evaporate
Why does it freeze at the bottom of the ocean?
The bottom of the ocean doesn't freeze.
Why is the ocean salty and where does the salt come from?
In brief, sodium chloride (salt) is a natural component of the rocks, and as erosion and solution take their course, the salt is dissolved and flows to the sea. The sea can absorb a large quantity of salt.
Why the water of the ocean is salty?
When water goes to the ocean, most of the time its by a river. When rivers travel over land it picks up particles like salt. When the river meets the ocean at the rivers delta the slowing of the speed of the river causes the bigger sized particles to get deposited at the bottom of the ocean. The smaller particles(salt) remain in the water making the water salty.
Large bodies of salt water are called what?
Large bodies of salt water are called seas or oceans.
Which ocean did Gandhi steal the salt come from?
Indian Ocean
Where does the salt in ocean come from?
Most of the salt in the ocean comes from under sea vents but some does come from rocks being eroded Sodium Chloride has a very high residency time as well because it does not evaporate
What is a see sponges habitat?
The sea sponges lives on the bottom of the ocean in salt waters.
Where does the salt come from in the Atlantic Ocean?
Salt comes from rocks. When water wears down rocks at the beach particles of sand are washed into the ocean.
What are the substances that making up salt in ocean?
the substances that makes up salt in ocean water is known as a compound. It can come from the rocks , it come from the type of bacteria. Some bacteria may come from the fish and waste within the water and you also have to take in to consideration that a lot of rock in the ocean have salt in them and leaks off in to the water.
Where most salt in ocean water come?
leh rocks :D The sea erodes the rocks in the ocean and over time, the rocks become salt
What types of shrimp are blind?
The kind that come form the bottom of the ocean.
Why doesn't the salt in the ocean come from the rocks and soil on land?
Salt is dissolved from the Earth and transported in oceans/seas by rivers.
Were do sea stars live?
they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world they live in the salt water seas and ocean in the world
Where did most of the salt come from in Mayan?
The sea.
Where does the water from the ocean come from?
From the atmoshere of the earth. The water comes from the bottom of the earth and goes into the ocean.
Did salt come from the new world?
No. Salt is a relatively common mineral worldwide. While there is such thing as a salt mine, anywhere with access to an ocean or saltwater lake/sea has access to salt.
