HIGHEST AND LOWEST SALINITY BODIES OF WATER ​.

  
………..​ = High Salinity  
​………..​ ​= Low Salinity

Don Juan Pond​.  

Salinity ​≈ 44% 

● Location: ​McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica 

● Stays liquid in winter because of its salinity 
● Very small 
○ 0.03 km2 of surface area 
○ 4 inch deep 
● Is a closed basin 

Lake Retba​. 
Salinity ​≈ 40%  
● Location: Senegal (West Africa) 
● The algae Dunaliella salina gives it its pink colour  
● Used to be a freshwater lake  
○ Severe drought changed its salinity   

Dead Sea​. 
Salinity ​≈ 33.7%  

● Location: between Jordan and Israel  

● Many believe that the water can help improve skin 
conditions 
● People can float in the water  
○ Due to high salinity of water 

Chilika Lake​. 
Salinity ​≈ 0.013-3.173% 

● Location: East coast of India 

● Largest coastal lagoon in India 
● Brackish water 
● Irrawaddy dolphins are common 
● Many fish  

Black Sea​. 
Salinity ​≈ 1.3-2.3% 

● Location: between Eastern Europe and Western Asia   

● Only bacteria lives in the deepest part of the Black 
Sea 
○ Because of the anoxic water there 

Caspian Sea​. 
Salinity ​≈ 1.25%  

● Location: between Europe and Asia 

● Largest inland body of water 
○ Larger area than Japan 
● Provides most of world’s supply of Sturgeon