Why are desert lakes so salty?

Answer 1

The Great Salt Lake is a terminal lake, with no outlet rivers running to the ocean. Since water leaves the lake only through evaporation, it leaves behind its dissolved minerals, making the lake up to 8 times as salty as sea water. yupp yupp i know im good i would like a thank you =]

Answer 2

Salt is either in the rocks beneath the lake (often associated with volcanic activity), or the source of water supplying the lake carries salt from the surrounding rocks. In the latter case, the salt lake very often loses water only by evaporation, leaving the salt behind. Lakes with this source of salt tend to be the saltiest ones, such as the Dead Sea, as the salt builds up over centuries.

Answer 3

Sand is made up of many grains that originally comprised rocks that have been broken up by weathering and erosion. The grains that end up in massive pile being usually transported by rivers from higher ground. The minerals that the rivers bring into the ocean, would thusly be expected to be among the sand grains in a pile of sand that is now a desert. The ocean is salty and so it isn't surprising that the sand in the desert is also salty.

Answer 4

as we know that deserted areas near sea ex. Rajesthan . has rain in in some parts , so the area near it is green . when it rains in areas near it the soil absorbs water which contains some amount of salt [remember some salts are so much soluble in water that they cannot be separated just by evaporation.] in it as it was near sea , these salts are transported to deserted areas by water in soil . when water reaches the desert in lacks some of it gets evaporated due to the extreme climatic conditions and the concentration of salts increases leading to salty taste of water.

Answer 5

It's just salty