Question

What is the salt content of saline water bodies?

• A. Less than 0.5 per cent
• B. 35 ppt or above
• C. Between 5 and 35 ppt
• D. Exactly 0.5 per cent

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 35 ppt or above

• Fresh water - Where salt content is less than 0.5 per cent

• Saline water - Where the salt content is more than 3.5 per cent

• Brackish water - Where salt content is intermediate between fresh water and saline water