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A hypersaline sea has elevated levels of dissolved ions (salts) as compared to normal saline conditions. A hypersaline sea has about 40 parts per mil salinity and the average salinity for the oceans is about 35 parts per mil salinity.

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What is hypersaline?

Hypersaline refers to environments or bodies of water that have a higher-than-normal concentration of salt. This high salinity can be detrimental to most forms of life and can lead to unique ecosystems with specialized organisms that have adapted to the extreme conditions. Examples of hypersaline environments include salt flats, salt marshes, and salt lakes such as the Dead Sea.


Which sea is not completely or almost completely surrounded by land?

Either gulf or a sea


Where do stromatolites form today?

Stromatolites form in shallow, saline or hypersaline environments such as coastal lagoons, estuaries, and hypersaline lakes. They are also found in some marine environments where conditions are suitable for their growth, such as in the Bahamas and Shark Bay in Australia.


What animals and plants are found in the dead sea?

The Dead Sea is known for its hypersaline water, making it difficult for most plants and animals to survive. However, some species of bacteria, algae like Dunaliella, and a few types of fish such as the Dead Sea minnow (Aphanius dispar) are able to adapt to the extreme conditions of the Dead Sea.


Mono lake has a salinity of 40 parts per thousand therefore it is considered?

Hyersaline


The Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake are like in what way?

well, they both have natural buoyancy which causing people to float more easily. because of the density of the water from the salt. they are also both hypersaline bodies of water. they are both very salty with many minerals, which are taken out of the waters. 123 smart one 123 =] that's me!


What lake has both salt water and fresh water?

All hypersaline lakes contain a mix of both fresh- and saltwater; it is their excess of the latter that classifies them as "hypersaline," which, by definition, means they have a higher salt content than natural seawater (and certainly higher salt content than a freshwater lake).Like the ocean, these lakes are generally fed by freshwater sources. Environmental and geographic factors are the main contributors to their hypersalinity. Normal lakes, unlike seas and other coastal waters, are landlocked and typically fed and drained by a freshwater river or stream. Hypersaline lakes, however, are often also terminal lakes, meaning they have no outlet and never flow to the sea.Both the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, Utah and the Dead Sea on the border between Jordan and Isreal are two of the better known hypersaline terminal lakes on Earth.


How deep is the Black Sea?

The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest Hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest.


Examples of organisms in the archaebacteria kingdom?

Some examples of organisms in the Archaebacteria kingdom include methanogens, extremophiles (such as thermophiles and halophiles), and some sulfate-reducing bacteria. These organisms are known for their ability to thrive in extreme environments, such as volcanic springs, deep sea vents, and hypersaline lakes.


What makes the dead sea different from the others?

The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at over 1200 ft below sea level. Is is also the saltiest and cannot support aquatic life. Its shores are the lowest point on the surface of the Earth on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7 percent salinity which makes it 8.6 times as salty as the ocean. it is the saltiest sea in the world so if you go the and get in the water you can actually float because of how salty the water is.


What do the Great Salt Lake and Dead Sea have in common?

Both the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea are salt lakes. Both lakes are also endorheic basins as well, meaning that they are a closed drainage basin that retains water and allows no outflow to other bodies of water. Both lakes are hypersaline too, meaning that they have high salinity, or dissolved salt content.


Dead sea facts?

1. its located between Israel and Jordan 2. it is almost impossible to drown in it 3. it is called the dead sea cause there are no organic living orginisims that can suvive besides fungi and bacteria 4. it is the saltiest large body of water in the world