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In open ocean evaporation affects the salinity of the oceans, in closed oceans the lack of sunrays cause greater salinity levels.
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What is the highest open ocean salinity?
37
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where is high and is low?
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where evaporation is high and precipitation is low. Density in seawater is determined by both temperature and salinity.
What is the average salinity of the open ocean?
35 ppt
What can causes a increase in the density of the ocean water?
the amount of salinity in the water and high temperatures
The salinity of ocean water is due to high concentrations of?
Sodium chloride
The open ocean of any depth is called?
The open ocean of any depth, where animals swim or float freely is called a pelagic zone. Salinity variations in the open ocean normally ranges from 33 to 38 percent.
What type of pattern do deep ocean currents?
Cold and High Salinity k12 question.
In the subtropics the saltiest water is generally at the surface, why?
What causes low salinity in the oceans at high latitudes?In subtropical latitudes, high surface evaporation creates high salinity near the sea surface. In subpolar latitudes, high precipitation creates low salinity near the sea surface. As these waters flow into the ocean interior, they create layers of high and low salinity.
Why is ocean ocean water salinity greatly reduced at the mouths of the amazon Congo and Mississippi rivers?
Because of the high discharge of freshwater
What is the range of salinity of surface waters in the open ocean?
33 to 37 grams of salt per kilogram of seawater
Which is the ocean with the lowest salinity?
Arctic ocean
What cause surface ocean water to have a higher salt content?
The salinity of ocean water depends on its location, rate of evaporation, amount of precipitation and amount of freshwater added to the ocean.
