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Salinityaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssmnrepresent salinity levels: red = 40 ‰, purple = 30 ‰

The water in the sea was thought to come from the Earth's volcanoes, starting 4 billion years ago, released by
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housand (‰ or per mil), and the open ocean hplmkoijnbhuyrn Red Sea can reach 41‰. [24] In contrast, some
landlocked hypersaline lakes have a much higher salinity, for example the Dead Sea has 300 grams (11 oz)
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This is for
Concentration (‰) % of total salts
desciptionSolute

Chloride 19.3 55

Sodium 10.8 30.6

Sulphate 2.7 7.7

Magnesium 1.3 3.7

Calcium 0.41 1.2

Potassium 0.40 1.1

Bicarbonate 0.10 0.4

Bromide 0.07 0.2

Carbonate 0.01 0.05


Strontium 0.01 0.04

Borate 0.01 0.01

Fluoride 0.001 <0.01

All other solutes <0.001 <0.01

Although the amount of salt in the ocean remains relatively constant within the scale of millions of years,
various factors affect the salinity of a body of water.[28] Evaporation and by-product of ice formation (known as
"brine rejection") increase salinity, whereas precipitation, sea ice melt, and runoff from land reduce it.
[28]
 The Baltic Sea, for example, has many rivers flowing into it, and thus the sea could be considered
as brackish.[29] Meanwhile, the Red Sea is very salty due to its high evaporation rate. [30]
Sea temperature depends on the amount of solar radiation falling o

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