Why is the ocean salty?

Lewis Thomson · « **on:** 26/05/2022 13:50:50 »

Sarah wants to know the answer to this question.

"Why is the ocean salty?"

Leave your answers in the comments below...

vhfpmr · « **Reply #1 on:** 26/05/2022 14:10:16 »

There are salts in the soil which get flushed into the rivers and then the sea by rainfall. When the sun evaporates the water to form more clouds and rain the salt gets left behind in the sea, so if you repeat that cycle for billions of years the salt in the sea becomes more and more concentrated.

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Why is the ocean salty?

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