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Major source of oceanic salinity is

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Major source of oceanic salinity is

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Major source of oceanic salinity is rivers. There are many chemicals in seawater that make it salty. Most of them get there from rivers carrying chemicals dissolved out of rock and soil. The main one is sodium chloride, often just called salt.
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar 7 years ago
It is asked what is the main source of salinity. I believe, rivers are the carriers. Source has to be something that originates it so land would be more appropriate. Please correct if wrong.
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