2007-01-23 23:07:19 · 3 answers · asked by i dont have to put a nickname! 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
All those fish peeing in it.
Seriously...For millions of years, the water erodes rocks in the ocean which contain minerals including sodium and chlorine and the other basic components of sea salt. They combine in the water and...there they are.
2007-01-23 23:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tabulator is right. Also, the reason rivers and lakes etc are not salty: All the "salt" is washed to the sea, and doesn't build up. Thats why the dead sea is as salty as it is. Salt doesn't go anywhere. Only way that water leaves is by evaporation!
2007-01-23 23:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by wernisch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becos they are not sweet, not sour nor bitter.
but the answer iwould say should be that because salt is a basic element and it is vastly found every where. hence,
2007-01-23 23:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋