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This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to natural bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.05%, at or below which water is considered fresh.
Water salinity often varies by location and season, particularly with hypersaline lakes in arid areas, so the salinity figures in the table below should be interpreted as an approximate indicator.
Salinity, g/100 g (%) Name Type Region or countries Refs20.0–50.0Lake Eltonsalt lakeVolgograd Oblast, Russia 43.3 Gaet'ale Pond salt lake Ethiopia 40.0 Don Juan Pond salt lake Antarctica 40.0 Lake Retba salt lake Senegal 35.0 Garabogazköl lagoon Turkmenistan 34.8 Lake Assal salt lake Djibouti 33.7 Dead Sea salt lake Israel, Jordan, Palestine Goetz, P.W. (ed.) The New Encyclopædia Britannica (15th ed.). Vol. 3, p. 937. Chicago, 1986 32.4 Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü) salt lake Turkey 31.7 Great Salt Lake, North Arm salt lake Great Basin, Utah, United States 30.0 Lake Baskunchak salt lake Astrakhan Oblast, Russia 30.0 Lake Sărat salt lake Brăila, Romania 8.50–28.0 Lake Urmia salt lake Iran 27.0 Deep Lake salt lake Antarctica 18.0 Little Manitou Lake salt lake Canada Little Manitou Lake. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 15.3 Lake Pikrolimni salt lake Greece 0.00–14.6 Lake Vanda meromictic lake Antarctica 14.2 Great Salt Lake, South Arm salt lake Great Basin, Utah, United States 12.0 Lake Abert salt lakeGreat Basin, Oregon, United StatesSolute Balance at Abert and Summer Lakes, South-Central Oregon 9.50 Lake Techirghiol salt lake Romania 8.80 Mono Lake salt lake Great Basin, California, United States 3.8-7.1 Lake Bardawil lagoon North Sinai Governorate, Egypt Abd Ellah, Radwan G., and Maged M. Hussein. "Physical limnology of Bardawil lagoon Egypt." Am J Agric Environ Sci 5 (2009): 331-336. 6.60 Hamelin Pool lagoon Australia 4.40 Salton Sea salt lake Great Basin, California, United States 4.10–4.50 Great Bitter Lake salt lake Egypt 3.80 Mediterranean Sea mediterranean sea Southern Europe, Levant, North Africa3.60–4.10 Red Sea mediterranean sea Egypt, Sudan, Arabian Peninsula, Horn of Africa 3.00–4.00 Lake Natron salt lake Tanzania The Biology and Culture of Tilapias: Proceedings of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, p.38 3.40–3.60 World Ocean ocean Worldwide 3.50+ Lake Eyre endorheic lake Australia When full, Lake Eyre salinity is the same as oceans; due to a 45cm thick salt layer when dry, it rises as water evaporates.3.40 Lough Hyne marine lake Republic of Ireland 2.80–3.20 Beaufort Sea marginal sea North of Alaska and Canada 2.20 Sea of Marmara mediterranean sea Between the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian peninsula 3.17 Chilika Lake lagoon India Indian Journal of Marine Sciences - Variation of Water Quality of Chilika Lake, Orissa 1.30–2.30 Black Sea mediterranean sea Between Europe and Asia - Balkan Peninsula, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, Caucasus Black Sea - Encyclopedia of Ukraine 2.30 Lake Van salt lake Turkey 1.40Qinghai Lakesalt lakeChina 1.25 Caspian Sea salt lake Eastern Europe/ Western AsiaLake Basin Management Initiative - The Caspian Sea (2004) 1.14 Sarygamysh Lake salt lake Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 1.00–1.20 Sea of Azov mediterranean sea Ukraine, Russia 0.8–1.0 Baltic Sea marginal seaNorthern EuropeSome bays have considerably lower salinity. 0.59 Issyk Kul salt lakeKyrgyzstan, Central AsiaFacts about Kyrgyzstan (in Russian)Deeper water areas of lake Issyk Kul have higher salinity
See also List of brackish bodies of water
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