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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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Where do you find salty water at six places?
Salty water can be found in oceans, seas, salt lakes, brine pools, estuaries, and the human body (tears, sweat).
Is a huge source of salty water?
All the oceans and seas of the world are a huge source of salty water.
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.
What is the difference between oceans and lakes?
Oceans are large bodies of saltwater that cover the majority of the Earth's surface, while lakes are bodies of freshwater surrounded by land. Oceans are interconnected and have significant influence on global climate, while lakes are typically smaller and more isolated ecosystems. Oceans have tides and currents, while lakes do not have the same level of dynamic movement.
When did early oceans became salty?
baltic area
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 aren't the Great Lakes salty?
The Great Lakes are not salty because they are filled with freshwater from rivers and streams, and are not connected to the ocean.
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
Where do you find salty water at six places?
Salty water can be found in oceans, seas, salt lakes, brine pools, estuaries, and the human body (tears, sweat).
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 don't the Great Lakes have tides?
The Great Lakes do not have tides because they are not connected to the ocean. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on the Earth's oceans, but the Great Lakes are freshwater bodies surrounded by land, so they do not experience the same tidal forces as the oceans.
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!!!!!
