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Just breaking down the words, here's a reasonable guess. Salinity is having salts. Gradient is different amounts. A map would show you where. So I guess you are looking at where the greatest amount of salts are concentrated and where there are less or even which salts are where, if there is more than one kind available.

Remember sodium chloride (table salt) is not the only salt; there is magnesium salts such as Epsom salts and many other alkaline metal salts I can't name. I don't remember my high school chemistry that well.

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