The saltnees of the sea varies greath in different areas and at different depths. In most cases the salinity is about equal to 3d parts salt to 1000 water, but in seas like the Mediterranean and Bed Sea, where the water removed by evaporation is far greater than the supply of fresh water from rivers, the salinity rises to 38 a thousand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 11
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