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Evaporation leaves salt behind. So as ocean water decreases, the percentage of salt increases, increasing salinity.

As evaporation increases, rainfall also increases, thus it decreasing the salinity of ocean water.

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What factors affects salinity?

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Is salinity high on open ocean?

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Does evaporation raise the salinity of water?

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Is not a process that decrease the salinity of seawater?

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