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That would depend on numerous matters, such as which one, where etc.
The salt lake was originally thought to be the ocean when Jim Bridger discovered it. The great salt lake does connect through small creeks but the current doesn't force of the water doesn't fallow the same direction.
The Pacific Ocean is the nearest ocean to Salt Lake City, Utah.
It cannot because the plants that live in the ocean can only live in salt water. If it lives in the lake, it will die. They can grow in the Caspian Sea (and other salt water lakes), since they have the same water content as an ocean.
The Great Salt Lake is very high in salt content, much higher than the ocean in fact.
lake - fresh water as ocean - salt water
Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Salt got into the Dead Sea because the area of it and its surroundings were once part of a vast ocean. The same goes for the Great Salt Lake in the state of Utah.
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He thought he had discovered part of the pacific ocean
Near an ocean you will be able to taste the salt in the air. A lake may be considered fresh water and you wont taste salt in the air, Most likely.
Quite a number of lakes have saltwater.