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Maylyn Liu Shree Ramamoorthy
1st period
Bodies of Salt Water
What are main bodies of saltwater?● All oceans are bodies
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?
1. Collect ocean water
2. Pretreatment
3. Remove salt through reverse osmosis
4. Conditioning and disinfection
5. Distribute freshwater
● Most expensive form of freshwater
● Process of removing salt
Is the Arctic ocean a body of saltwater? ● Arctic contains both salt 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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