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What is salinity used in a sentence?
The salinity of the ocean was much higher than I thought it would be.
Which layer of the ocean has higher salinity?
The top most layer has more salinity. But ignoring thermo-haline currents.
What is the percentage of dissolved salt in the world's ocean?
The salinity of sea waters is approx. 3,5 %.
What is the percentage of the world's ocean is dissolved salt?
The salinity of sea waters is approx. 3,5 %.
What is hypersaline?
Hypersaline refers to a body of water that has about 40 parts per mil salinity which is much higher than the salinity for average ocean water which is about 35 parts per mil salinity.
What is the difference between fresh water and ocean?
Ocean water has a higher salinity (salt content) than fresh water does.
Do deep ocean currents and surface currents mix?
Deep ocean currents and surface currents do meet, but mixing is limited. The waters stratify based on temperatures and salinity. The higher the salinity, the heavier the water.
List the reasons for variations in salinity in the various oceans?
Salinity can vary because of water temperature, rivers emptying into the ocean and mixing with ocean water, ice forming or melting, evaporation and precipitation. I think temperature is the biggest reason.
Why is salinity higher in areas with more ice?
because ocean water leaves salt behind when it freezes
True or false places where rivers pour fresh water into the ocean have low salinity?
Salinity is a measure of how salty water is. Ocean water is more salty in some places than in others. The answer is yes, places where rivers pour fresh water into the ocean have low salinity because fresh water is normally cold and in warm areas, ocean water evaporates quicker. When this happens, salt is left behind and the ocean water has a higher salinity.
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.
Which is the ocean with the lowest salinity?
Arctic ocean
