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How does the water cycle transform salty water into fresh water?
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Evaporating the water salt is obtained; but rivers concentrations of sodium chloride are low and the method is not economical.
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Is Colorado river salt water or fresh water?
All rivers are by definition fresh water unless they are very polluted. There is, however, a portion of every river that reaches an ocean that is called an estuary. this is where the fresh water coming downstream mingles with the salty tidal water of the ocean.
Why does the amount of water on earth stay constant?
There is the same amount of salt that goes out of the water to the salt that comes in the water so that is how it remains balance. Actually the oceans are slowly getting more and more salty, due to dissolved salts from the land in river water.
What is the pycnocline?
YES. A thermocline is a sudden change in the temperature of the water. A halocline is a sudden change in the salinity of the water. A pycnocline is a sudden change in both. The warmer, fresh water will advance to the top of the water, and the cold, salty water will stay at the bottom. Since there are two factors effecting this, pycnoclines happen to be more distinct.
What is the ocean's main role in the water cycle?
The ocean serves as the major source for evaporation of water back into atmospheric circulation. At the poles, they are also a source of fresh water as sea ice, but this does not contribute significantly to the production of water resources.
How much usable fresh water is there on Earth?
Around 8 to 10 million cubic miles of Earth's water is considered fresh water, of which some 6 to 7 million cubic miles (more than two-thirds) is frozen in glaciers and the ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.
Is fresh water unpolluted?
No. Fresh water is simply water that is not noticeably salty.
Why is the water in the sea salty?
Because the fresh water turns into salty water.
Why does a perspex block sink in fresh water but floats in salty water?
salty water is more dense than fresh
Can salty water fish live in fresh water and can fresh water fishes live in salty water?
No they cannot, its why they're so called.
Which body of water in egypt has both fresh water and salty water?
The body of water in Egypt that has both fresh and salty water is where the River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The fresh water from the Nile mixes with the salty Mediterranean water, creating a barrier between the two.
Is most water fresh water?
not all water on earth is fresh its 60% fresh and 3% salty
Are dams fresh water filled or salty water filled?
Fresh water filled.
Contrast the water in oceans with fresh water?
Ocean water Can't drink it and its salty. Fresh Water can drink it, because its fresh :D!
How much fresh water is in the ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is salty, there is no fresh water in it.
Are seas salty of fresh watered?
Salty. They are made out of salt water.
Why does salty water evaporates faster than fresh water?
Fresh water is evaporated faster.
Is most of earth's fresh water salty or fresh?
Most of the water on earth is salt water.
