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The same chemical compound: sodium chloride (NaCl); but salt in seas, oceans, lakes, mines is not as pure as table salt for humans use etc.

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The great salt lakes is where?

The Great Salt Lake is in northern Utah


Why is there no sodium chloride in lakes?

Some lakes contain a great amount of salt; salt without salt have a drain.


How do the Great Lakes and the Great Salt Lakes differ?

The Great Lakes are a collection of five freshwater lakes, The Great Salt Lake is one saltwater lake. The Great Lakes are much larger than the Great Salt Lake. (The Great Lakes cover 80,545 square miles, the Great Salt Lake covers between 1,000 and 3,000 square miles, depending on the rainfall.)


Why does the Great Salt Lake have salt but the Great Lakes don't?

The Great Salt Lake has salt because it as no outlet, the salt of thousands of years has flowed into the lake. As the water evaporates, it leaves the salt there and it increases in concentration. The Great Lakes do not have salt because they are normal lakes, mostly fed by freshwater mountain streams and rivers, with an outlet to the oceans, so the salt does not increase in levels.


Why are lakes not salty?

Some lakes, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, are salty. The Great Lakes are freshwater because there is no source of salt to supply them.


The plateau where you can find the Great Salt Lakes?

Just outside of Salt Lake.


What major lakes are salt water?

Major salt water lakes include: * Great Salt Lake in Utah, US * Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan


Which Great Salt Lake is largest and which is smallest?

There is only one Great Salt Lake. Perhaps you meant to ask about the Great Lakes, which are not the same as the Great Salt Lake.


Are all great lakes salt or are they natural?

They are ALL natural. If they were salt they would be a Sea.


Is the salt that you eat the same salt that is in the Great Salt Lake?

Yes, it is true; but the table salt (sodium chloride) is purified.


How do people get st from the great salt lakes?

They get the salt by pumping water into giant, shallow ponds.


What state is the Great Salt Lakes located?

Utah