The earth is made up of several kinds of minerals and salts are just one of these. Salt is mainly delivered from the land to bodies of water such as the ocean, rivers lakes etc during but not limited to rainy season wherein water rushes to seek lower elevation.
Finally, they will reach the bodies of water.
Rivers are not salty since they are continously flowing.
The ocean is salty because some parts of water in it are continously evaporating but the compounds of salts remains on it. Just like distillation.
Heres what happening for you to understand. Take a cup of water and dissolve a spoonful of salt in it. Then boil the mixture till all liquids evaporate. See what had remain. Since the ocean is huge, you could not dry it up by natural distillation alone and in addition those evaporated water before will return in form of rain.
Again once it rains the water will collect salts from the ground again to deliver it to these bodies of water.
2006-08-12 23:04:17
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answered by cooler 2
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When water trapped in some lakes where no enough rains or rivers can supply fresh water, the evaporation will make water more salty as well as more earth and rock salts will dissolve .
2006-08-13 06:44:38
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answered by source_of_love_69 3
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The earth's crust is made of rock (duh!), some of which contain chemical salts which dissolve in water. There are many such salts; sodium chloride is the one we're most familiar with (table salt.)
Our tears are also "salty" ... we have dissolved salts in our bodies, which are mostly water ... and our tongues have special "tastebuds" to detect saltiness.
2006-08-13 04:57:36
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answer #3
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answered by Luis 4
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take water in a glass and add salt
2006-08-13 05:30:23
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answered by Anonymous
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Through a kidney.
2006-08-13 04:43:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Take water,,,,,,,add salt voila--
2006-08-13 04:47:58
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answered by rsdudm 5
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