The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from
Correct answer: A. Dead Sea
- A. Dead Sea
- B. Red Sea
- C. Black Sea
- D. None of these
Explanation
The Dead Sea has extraordinarily high salinity, roughly many times that of ordinary seawater, because intense evaporation leaves salts concentrated in its closed basin. Strictly speaking, it is a saline lake rather than a true sea, but it is the conventional answer in this question.
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