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It all comes down to a thing called the water cycle. Rain, which is fresh water, falls from clouds onto the land and finds its way into lakes and rivers, and also through the ground, back to the sea, picking up salts and minerals as it goes. Once it reaches the sea, the water can be evaporated again to form new clouds containing fresh water, and the salt is left behind, so over millions of years the oceans have slowly been accumulating salt washed off the land by fresh water. So is the sea becoming more salty.
Also, there are indeed lakes that are salty, too. For example, Lake Van in Turkey is a lake that contains brackish water. The Dead Sea is another example, whose waters are one of the saltiest on Earth. Such lakes are salty because there is no outlet, allowing the salt to accumulate over years until the levels are high enough to be detected by your tongue.
What else can I help you with?
Why are lakes of the riftvalley salty?
These lakes tend to be salty, as minerals are constantly carried into them by incoming water.
Does the desert have freshwater or saltwater?
Deserts can have fresh water but some of lakes that are salty, very salty.
Why isn't water salty?
Some water is salty. The ocean and some lakes are salt water. It depends on how many minerals are dissolved in the water.
What type of water do most of the lakes in the Great Basin have?
salty
What process makes some lakes salty?
Lakes become salty if the source of water flowing into the lake contains salt and the salty water cannot flow out of the lake. Salt lakes are endorheic, water leaves the lake by evaporation and leaves the salt and minerals in the remaining water.
Are there salty lakes or seas?
yes there are salty seas. but lakes are very rare to find salty.
Why is lake water not salty?
it is not salty because in the ocean there are rocks which contain salt and animals such as fish poo and pee in the water and in the lakes none of that happens
Where do you find salty water at six places?
Salty water can be found in oceans, seas, salt lakes, brine pools, estuaries, and the human body (tears, sweat).
Do star fish live in lakes?
Starfish live in the sea. They need salty water.
Is a lake salty or freshwater?
Most lakes are fresh water, though some lakes are saline. The Great Salt Lake in Utah is saltier than the ocean, as is Salton Sea in southern California and the Dead Sea in the middle east (the Dead Sea is nearly ten times more salty than the ocean).
Why do most fishes prefer fresh water than salty water?
it denpents were the fish is from the ocean or fresh water lakes
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.
