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A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter).[1] In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water; such lakes can also be termed hypersaline lake, and may also be pink lakes on account of their color. An alkalic salt lake that has a high content of carbonate is sometimes termed a soda lake.[2]
One saline lake classification differentiates between:
- subsaline: 0.5–3‰ (0.05-0.3%)[2]
- hyposaline: 3–20‰ (0.3-2%)[2]
- mesosaline: 20–50‰ (2-5%)[2]
- hypersaline: greater than 50‰ (5%)[2]
- Large saline lakes make up 44% of the volume and 23% of the area of lakes worldwide[2]
- ^ "Physical Characteristics of Great Salt Lake". learn.genetics.utah.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f Hammer, U. T. (1986-04-30). Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-90-6193-535-3.