Bodies of Salt Water Maylyn Liu Shree Ramamoorthy

Bodies of Salt Water Maylyn Liu Shree Ramamoorthy 1 st period

● What are main bodies of All oceans are bodies saltwater? of salt water ● A freshwater ocean does not exist ● 97% saltwater

Which body of water contains the highest salt Content? ● The Dead Sea ● 33. 7% salinity ● bacteria flourish there

What is desalination? ● Most expensive form of freshwater ● Process of removing salt 1. Collect ocean water 2. Pretreatment 3. Remove salt through reverse osmosis 4. Conditioning and disinfection 5. Distribute freshwater

Is the Arctic ocean a body of ● Arctic contains both saltwater? and freshwater, but it officially considered saltwater ● No separation = salinity ● Glaciers = provide some freshwater ● Areas with many glaciers have a layer of freshwater due to melted glaciers and a bottom layer of saltwater

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