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- Hypersaline_lake abstract "A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. 35 grams per litre or 0.29 pounds per US gallon). Specific microbial and crustacean species thrive in these high salinity environments that are inhospitable to most lifeforms. Some of these species enter a dormant state when desiccated, and some species are thought to survive for over 250 million years. The water of hypersaline lakes has great buoyancy due to a high salt content.The most saline water body in the world is the Don Juan Pond, located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. Its volume is some 3,000 cubic meters, but is constantly changing. The Don Juan Pond has a salinity level of over 44%, (i.e. 12 times saltier than ocean water). Its high salinity prevents the Don Juan from freezing even when temperatures are below −50 °C (−58 °F). There are larger hypersaline water bodies, lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys such as Lake Vanda with salinity of over 35% (i.e. 10 times saltier than ocean water). They are covered with ice in the winter. The most saline lake outside of Antarctica is Lake Assal, in Djibouti, which has a salinity of 34.8% (i.e. 10 times saltier than ocean water). Probably the best-known hypersaline lakes are the Dead Sea (34.2% salinity in 2010) and the Great Salt Lake (5–27% variable salinity). The Dead Sea, dividing Israel and the West Bank from Jordan, is the world's deepest hypersaline lake and the Araruama Lagoon is the world's largest hypersaline lake. The Great Salt Lake, located in Utah, while having nearly three times the surface area of the Dead Sea, is shallower and experiences much greater fluctuations in level than the Dead Sea. At its lowest recorded levels, it approaches 7.7 times the salinity of ocean water, but when its levels are high, its salinity drops to only slightly higher than the ocean.Hypersaline lakes are found on every continent, especially in arid or semi-arid regions.".
- Hypersaline_lake thumbnail Lake_Assal_3-Djibouti.jpg?width=300.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageID "20783500".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageLength "5742".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageOutDegree "29".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageRevisionID "707926668".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Antarctica.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Araruama_Lagoon.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Body_of_water.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Brine_pool.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hydrology.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Category:Saline_lakes.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Concentration.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Dead_Sea.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Desiccation.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Djibouti.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Don_Juan_Pond.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Great_Salt_Lake.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Halocline.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Halophile.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Israel.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Jordan.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Assal_(Djibouti).
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Vanda.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink List_of_bodies_of_water_by_salinity.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink McMurdo_Dry_Valleys.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Saline_water.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Salt_(chemistry).
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Salt_lake.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Seawater.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Sodium_chloride.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink Utah.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink West_Bank.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLink File:Lake_Assal_3-Djibouti.jpg.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hypersaline lake".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hypersaline".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline environments".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline lagoon".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline lagoons".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline lake".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline natural lakes".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersaline".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "hypersalinity".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageWikiLinkText "some landlocked lakes are much higher".
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.
- Hypersaline_lake wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Hypersaline_lake subject Category:Hydrology.
- Hypersaline_lake subject Category:Saline_lakes.
- Hypersaline_lake hypernym Body.
- Hypersaline_lake type Organisation.
- Hypersaline_lake type PublicTransitSystem.
- Hypersaline_lake type Geophysic.
- Hypersaline_lake comment "A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. 35 grams per litre or 0.29 pounds per US gallon). Specific microbial and crustacean species thrive in these high salinity environments that are inhospitable to most lifeforms. Some of these species enter a dormant state when desiccated, and some species are thought to survive for over 250 million years.".
- Hypersaline_lake label "Hypersaline lake".
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Q2912558.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Llac_hipersalí.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Lago_hipersalino.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs अति-खारी_झील.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Lacus_supersalsus.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Tasik_hipersalinus.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs m.057r7y8.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Hồ_siêu_mặn.
- Hypersaline_lake sameAs Q2912558.
- Hypersaline_lake wasDerivedFrom Hypersaline_lake?oldid=707926668.
- Hypersaline_lake depiction Lake_Assal_3-Djibouti.jpg.
- Hypersaline_lake isPrimaryTopicOf Hypersaline_lake.