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Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water. The average ocean salinity is 35 ppt. This number varies between about 32 and 37 ppt. Rainfall, evaporation, river runoff, and ice formation cause the variations. For example, the Black Sea is so diluted by river runoff, its average salinity is only 16 ppt. Freshwater salinity is usually less than 0.5 ppt. Water between 0.5 ppt and 17 ppt is called brackish. Estuaries, where fresh river water meets salty ocean water, are examples of brackish waters. Saline waters from inland seas can have a composition that differs from that of the ocean.
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What is the name of the Nearest ocean to Canada?
The Ocean to The West Side of Canada is the Pacific Ocean
What ocean lies to the west of south America?
, its the atlantic Luv Kely123
What ocean is on canada's western border?
the pacific ocean
What oceans meet at the southern tip of south America?
Southern ocean, Pacific ocean, and the Atlantic ocean.
List the bodies of water that surround south America?
The Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean border South America.
How much salinity present in Pacific Ocean?
The salinity varies latitudinally. It's somewhere between about 3 and 5%.
In which ocean do equatorial currents flow?
The warm, low salinity waters from Pacific are transported into Indian Ocean's South Equatorial Current.
What has the author J M Lynch written?
J. M. Lynch has written: 'CTD/Ob2s' -- subject(s): Dissolved oxygen, Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies, Ocean temperature, Oceanography, Salinity, Water 'CTD/O' -- subject(s): Dissolved oxygen, Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies, Ocean temperature, Oceanography, Salinity, Water
What sea is Hawaii in?
Pacific Ocean
What ocean has the most salt?
the surface of the ocean, like the top. where the water is less dense. less dense, less salinity, more dense, more salinity,think of it that way, that's how i do it.
Is the Indian ocean the biggest ocean on the earth?
No, the Atlantic ocean is the saltiest of the oceans.
The salinity of the ocean?
You could increase the salinity of the ocean by adding salt or removing water (ie: by evaporation).
Where can you find information on the polynesian culture?
Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Paciific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean Good Luck With D.G 27 Mr. Kraft Mrs. Cheon and Mrs. Elwells class;-.)
What is the bigest ocean?
The pacific ocean is bigger than all the rest.
Is salinity high on open ocean?
In open ocean evaporation affects the salinity of the oceans, in closed oceans the lack of sunrays cause greater salinity levels.
Is your blood as salty as the ocean?
No, human blood is not as salty as the ocean. The salinity of human blood is around 0.9, while the salinity of the ocean is about 3.5.
What does not affect ocean salinity?
Rainfall does not directly affect ocean salinity, as rainwater is freshwater and dilutes the salt content in the ocean. Other factors such as evaporation, ice formation, and river input can influence ocean salinity levels.
