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Is Colorado river salt water or fresh water?
All rivers are by definition fresh water unless they are very polluted. There is, however, a portion of every river that reaches an ocean that is called an estuary. this is where the fresh water coming downstream mingles with the salty tidal water of the ocean.
Why does the amount of water on earth stay constant?
There is the same amount of salt that goes out of the water to the salt that comes in the water so that is how it remains balance. Actually the oceans are slowly getting more and more salty, due to dissolved salts from the land in river water.
What is the pycnocline?
YES. A thermocline is a sudden change in the temperature of the water. A halocline is a sudden change in the salinity of the water. A pycnocline is a sudden change in both. The warmer, fresh water will advance to the top of the water, and the cold, salty water will stay at the bottom. Since there are two factors effecting this, pycnoclines happen to be more distinct.
What is the ocean's main role in the water cycle?
The ocean serves as the major source for evaporation of water back into atmospheric circulation. At the poles, they are also a source of fresh water as sea ice, but this does not contribute significantly to the production of water resources.
How much usable fresh water is there on Earth?
Around 8 to 10 million cubic miles of Earth's water is considered fresh water, of which some 6 to 7 million cubic miles (more than two-thirds) is frozen in glaciers and the ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.
Is fresh water unpolluted?
No. Fresh water is simply water that is not noticeably salty.
How much of the water that evaporates from a salty ocean is fresh water?
Only about 10 of the water that evaporates from a salty ocean is fresh water.
Can salty water fish live in fresh water and can fresh water fishes live in salty water?
No they cannot, its why they're so called.
Which body of water in egypt has both fresh water and salty water?
The body of water in Egypt that has both fresh and salty water is where the River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The fresh water from the Nile mixes with the salty Mediterranean water, creating a barrier between the two.
Is most water fresh water?
not all water on earth is fresh its 60% fresh and 3% salty
Are dams fresh water filled or salty water filled?
Fresh water filled.
Contrast the water in oceans with fresh water?
Ocean water Can't drink it and its salty. Fresh Water can drink it, because its fresh :D!
Are seas salty of fresh watered?
Salty. They are made out of salt water.
How much fresh water is in the ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is salty, there is no fresh water in it.
Is most of earth's fresh water salty or fresh?
Most of the water on earth is salt water.
Why does salty water evaporates faster than fresh water?
Fresh water is evaporated faster.
Is it true that fresh water exists in between salty water?
No way.... not possible, it has to be seprated with salty water, if u mix fresh water with the salty one the whole thing will become salty ........... dont u know ? when u mix salt in water the whole water gets salty.... but yea u can take out salt out of the water and make it fresh... the process in science known as "Distillation" to seprate salt from the water....
