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Does water float

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13y ago
Updated: 5/21/2024

Ice (solid water) floats on liquid water.

Fresh water floats on salt water (less salty floats on more salty).

Warm water floats on cold water.

I was in a fjord in northern Norway some summers ago and the glacial runoff (fresh water) floated on the sea water of the fjord. A layer about 3 centimeters thick on top of the water in the inner part of the fjord was not salty at all ( I tasted it). When you stirred you could see the differences in optical density too. This also caused trouble for boats as hydrodynamic drag increases noticeably when there is a layer of fresh water on top of the salty water.

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