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    The document summarizes the salinity levels of some of the highest and lowest salinity bodies of water on Earth. Don Juan Pond in Antarctica has the highest salinity at 44% due to evaporation in a closed basin with no water flowing in or out. Lake Retba in Senegal and Lake Vanda in Antarctica also have very high salinities of 40% and 35% respectively. On the lower end of the scale, Chilika Lake in India has a salinity ranging from 0.013-3.173% due to weak water circulation and poor tidal influx. The Baltic Sea and Caspian Sea have salinities of around 1% and 1.25% respectively, due to the large

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    The document summarizes the salinity levels of some of the highest and lowest salinity bodies of water on Earth. Don Juan Pond in Antarctica has the highest salinity at 44% due to evaporation in a closed basin with no water flowing in or out. Lake Retba in Senegal and Lake Vanda in Antarctica also have very high salinities of 40% and 35% respectively. On the lower end of the scale, Chilika Lake in India has a salinity ranging from 0.013-3.173% due to weak water circulation and poor tidal influx. The Baltic Sea and Caspian Sea have salinities of around 1% and 1.25% respectively, due to the large

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    LEVELS OF SALINITY

    Prepared by Anoop Randhawa

    THE HIGHEST-SALINITY BODIES OF WATER


    (Descending Order)

    Don Juan Pond


    Location: McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica
    44% salinity
    Its salinity level allows it to remain liquid even at temperatures below
    -50℃
    It is a closed basin (no water flowing in or out)
    So, water can either freeze or evaporate
    Salinity level makes it difficult for water to freeze, so water
    evaporates - leaving the salt behind with some water
    This is how it gets so concentrated
    Natural Resources Conservation Service Soils, www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/climate/?cid=nrcs142p2_053772.

    Media, ShermansTravel. “Inspired Travel: Lake Retba.” ShermansTravel, www.shermanstravel.com/advice/lake-retba-in-senegal.


    Lake Retba

    Located near the village of Sangalkam (Senegal)


    Also known as Pink Lake
    40% salinity (one of the most salty lakes in the world)
    Lake Retba was originally a freshwater lake
    But in 1980s, a drought caused a change in the
    composition of the water

    Credits: Google Maps

    Lake Vanda

    Location: McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica


    35% salinity (approx.)
    More saline than the Dead Sea
    Its bottom waters remain stratified all year‐round
    because of a strong salinity‐driven density gradient

    Hawes, Ian. ResearchGate, 2013, www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-showing-the-location-of-Lake-Vanda-in-the-Wright-Valley-McMurdo-Dry-Valleys-region_fig8_262385037.

    THE LOWEST-SALINITY BODIES OF WATER


    (Ascending Order)
    “Chilika Lake - The Largest Brackish Water Lake In Asia.” Odisha Rajya, 16 Aug. 2020, www.odisharajya.com/tourism/chilika-lake-the-queen-of-natural-beauty/.
    Chilika Lake

    Location: Odisha, India (eastern)


    It is connected to the Bay of Bengal through a
    narrow mouth
    A shallow brackish-water lake
    0.013–3.173% salinity
    This is due to the weak circulation of the water
    and poor tidal influx

    Credits: Google Maps

    Baltic Sea

    It is enclosed by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the


    mainland of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and
    Central Europe, and the Danish islands
    1.0% salinity (even less in some parts)
    This is mainly due to the colder water and huge
    amount of freshwater added from hundreds of rivers
    Its salinity is much lower than that of ocean water

    Credits: Google Maps

    Caspian Sea
    [email protected]. “The Caspian Sea Is a One of the Largest...” The Consulate in Gothenburg of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 14 Jan. 2020, www.kzconsulate.se/the-caspian-sea-is-a-one-of-the-largest/.

    It is located at the junction of Europe and Asia


    The Caucasus Mountains to the west and the
    steppes of Central Asia to the east
    Bordered by Russia to the northwest,
    Azerbaijan to the west, Iran to the south,
    Turkmenistan to the southeast and Kazakhstan
    to the northeast
    The Earth's largest inland body of water
    1.25% salinity (approx.)
    This is due to the amount of freshwater added
    Credits: Google Maps
    (more than 130 rivers flow into the Caspian Sea)

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