List of bodies of water by salinity

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.

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Water salinity
Salinity levels
Fresh water (< 0.05%)
Brackish water (0.05–3%)
Saline water (3–5%)
Brine (> 5% up to 26%-28% max)
Bodies of water

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/kg (‰) Name Type Region or countries Refs
433Gaet'ale Pondsalt lakeEthiopia[1][2]
400Lake Retbasalt lakeSenegal
350Lake Vandasalt lakeAntarctica
350GarabogazköllagoonTurkmenistan[3]
348Lake Assalsalt lakeDjibouti[4]
338Don Juan Pondsalt lakeAntarctica[5]
337Dead Seasalt lakeIsrael, Jordan, West Bank[6]
324Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü)salt lakeTurkey[7]
317Great Salt Lake, North Armsalt lakeGreat Basin, Utah, United States[8]
300Lake Baskunchaksalt lakeAstrakhan Oblast, Russia[9]
85–280Lake Urmiasalt lakeIran[10]
180Little Manitou Lakesalt lakeCanada[11]
153Lake Pikrolimnisalt lakeGreece[12]
142Great Salt Lake, South Armsalt lakeGreat Basin, Utah, United States[8]
120Lake Abertsalt lakeGreat Basin, Oregon, United States[13]
95Techirghiol Lakesalt lakeRomania[14]
88Mono Lakesalt lakeGreat Basin, California, United States[15] (as of 2015)
66Hamelin PoollagoonAustralia[16]
44Salton Seasalt lakeGreat Basin, California, United States[17]
41–45Great Bitter Lakesalt lakeEgypt[18]
38Mediterranean Seamediterranean seaSouthern Europe, Levant, North Africa [19]
36–41Red Seamediterranean seaEgypt, Sudan, Arabian Peninsula, Horn of Africa[20]
30–40Lake Natronsalt lakeTanzania[21]
34–36World OceanoceanWorldwide[22]
35+Lake EyreEndorheic lakeAustralia[23][n 1]
34.06 ± 0.543Lough Hynemarine lakeRepublic of Ireland[24]
28–32Beaufort Seamarginal seaNorth of Alaska and Canada [25]
22Sea of Marmaramediterranean seaBetween the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian peninsula [26]
0.13–31.73Chilika LakelagoonIndia[27]
13–23Black Seamediterranean seaBetween Europe and Asia - Balkan Peninsula, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, Caucasus[28]
23Lake Vansalt lakeTurkey[29]
14 Qinghai Lake salt lake China [30]
12.5Caspian Seasalt lakeEastern Europe/ Western Asia[31]
11.4Sarygamysh Lakesalt lakeTurkmenistan, Uzbekistan[32]
10-12Sea of Azovmediterranean seaUkraine, Russia[33][34]
10Baltic Seamarginal seaNorthern Europe[35][n 2]

See also

References
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Notes
  1. When full, Lake Eyre salinity is the same as oceans; due to a 45cm thick salt layer when dry, it rises as water evaporates.
  2. Some bays have considerably lower salinity.

Bibliography
  • Johanna Laybourn-Parry; Jemma L. Wadham (2014). Antarctic Lakes. Oxford University Press. pp. 92–94. ISBN 978-0-19-967049-9.
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