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when rainwater and runoff, as well as underground streams of water dissolve minerals in the rock or soil which includes salt, and reach the water body with a higher concentration of salt than the water body. salt increase can also be caused by evaporation of the water, which reduces the water level while maintaining the same salt content, hence more salt in less water.

salt being lost can occur through desalination or harvesting of salt, as well as rain and runoff which travels overland, hence gaining much less salt, and diluting the overall salt content of the water body.

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