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The Great Lakes have an outlet: The Saint Lawrence. The reason why most lakes are not salty is because they have an outlet so the minerals do not accumulate. On top of that, they are well above sea level, so there is no chance of saltwater intrusion.
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What process makes some lakes salty?
Lakes become salty if the source of water flowing into the lake contains salt and the salty water cannot flow out of the lake. Salt lakes are endorheic, water leaves the lake by evaporation and leaves the salt and minerals in the remaining water.
Is a huge source of salty water?
All the oceans and seas of the world are a huge source of salty water.
When did early oceans became salty?
baltic area
How the oceans which are salty in nature are the source of fresh water on earth?
Oceans are not the source of fresh water on Earth. Drinking water primarily comes from 4 sources. Lakes, rivers, groundwater, and glaciers. (Of course, all of it is purified before it reaches you.) ADDED: The oceans are fundamentally the source, because the water falling as rain and snow has been evaporated from the sea, and the evaporation leaves the salt behind.
Why water need conservation even though large oceans are surrounded by land masses?
because water in oceans and seas is salty
Why are lakes not salty?
Some lakes, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, are salty. The Great Lakes are freshwater because there is no source of salt to supply them.
Why are the great lakes salty?
These lakes have no outlets to carry the salts away to the sea.
Why are groundwater fluids emerging from great lakes sinkholes salty?
groundwater interacts with salt deposits that are the remnants of ancient oceans that once covered Michigan
What makes the great lakes great?
It's just salty
What type of water do most of the lakes in the Great Basin have?
salty
What linked the great lakes to the Atlantic oceans?
The Erie Canal linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Are there salty lakes or seas?
yes there are salty seas. but lakes are very rare to find salty.
Why are almost all the lakes in the great basin desert salty?
These lakes have no outlets to carry the salts away to the sea.
Why are lakes of the riftvalley salty?
These lakes tend to be salty, as minerals are constantly carried into them by incoming water.
Why is the The Great Salt Lake so salty?
The great salt lake is salty because there's no outlet so the lakes that run in it just build it up like when rocks go in the great salt lake the minerals come off and make it salty!!!!!
Is pacific ocean salty?
Yes, all oceans are salty.
Are the Pacific and Indian Oceans saltwater?
All oceans are salty.
