2006-08-09 05:34:33 · 13 answers · asked by Robert T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Wild guess: the Dead Sea?
2006-08-09 05:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by mistersato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dead Sea was once the saltiest body of water in the world. This however is not the case anymore. Global warming, and Middle Eastern climate changes have caused much of the salt that was in the water to evaporate or sediment out into the surrounding soil, leaving the water at about 82 percent of its former salinity.
This, coupled with the increased salt content of the Great Salt Lake over the course of the last ten years due to an increased flow of runoff water flowing into the Great Salt Lake and watershed-style irrigation stemming the various flows of tributaries, has led to a new leader in the "Great Salt Race" as we in the field like to call it. I hope this answers your question.
According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the lake that has the award for Saltiest lake is "Don Juan Pond in Wright Valley, Antarctica. Don Juan Pond in Wright Valley, Antarctica, is so salty that it remains liquid even at temperatures as low as -53C. The two common ways of expressing the saltiness of Don Juan Pond are in "parts per thousand" (g salt/1000g water) and "percentage weight of salt per water". At its saltiest, Don Juan Pond contains 671 parts per thousand salt, compared to 35 and 300 for the ocean and the Dead Sea respectively. The percentage of salt by weight is 40.2%, compared to 23.1% and 3.38% compared to the Dead Sea and the world's oceans respectively"
2006-08-11 20:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Ashish B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Salt lake is 27% salty, and the Dead Sea is completely saturated. There are some fish and plants in The Great Salt Lake, but nothing can live in the dead sea, hence the name.
2006-08-09 05:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea. It actually has such a high salt content that it is impossible for a person to drown because they can't sink. Alas it is shrinking more and more every year so ask this again in a decade.
2006-08-09 18:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by shellybellycocoapuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea. 25% salt, compared to other oceans which are 5% salt. Good eh?
2006-08-09 05:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea as far as I know.
2006-08-10 01:15:45 · answer #6 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Dead Sea
2006-08-10 05:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by Mike R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salton Sea, CA.?
2016-03-27 05:17:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the carbbean sea u should try it
2006-08-09 08:07:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dead sea
2006-08-09 07:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by Melissa G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋