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Originally Posted by nisma khan View Post
if depth would be a measure of salinity mariana trench and tongatrench would be the salinest part of the world but its dead sea ?why not the trenches
is dead sea an ocean or in an ocean? oceans keep moving, dead sea doesn't have any currents I guess. correct me if i'm wrong

is the surface water of the dead sea more saline or its deep water?

Depth is directly related to salinity of all oceans and it is the closest variable. We just know that if it is deep it would be more saline. Climate is not directly related to salinity, it is related by other processes like evaporation and influx of fresh water, which are in turn caused by sun energy. So we can also say that salinity is directly related to sun. We find the closest determinants in such cases which is depth in this case.

And it's not a good approach to invite a source and then ask one to keep one's opinion to oneself. Then one shouldn't argue in the first place.

Anyway, I'm too tired now to convince anyone. Ciao
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