List of bodies of water by salinity

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This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.5‰

Salinity (per mille) Salinity (percentage) Name Type Region or countries Refs
400 40% Don Juan Pond Salt lake Antarctica
350‰ 35% Garabogazköl Lagoon  Turkmenistan
348‰ 34.8% Lake Assal Salt lake  Djibouti
337‰ 33.7% Dead Sea Salt lake  Israel,  Jordan,  Palestine[1]
50-270‰ 5-27% Great Salt Lake Salt lake  United States [2]
180‰ 18% Little Manitou Lake Salt lake  Canada [3]
50-99‰ 5-10% Mono Lake Salt lake  United States [4]
85‰ 8.5% Lake Urmia Salt lake  Iran [5]
44‰ 4.4% Salton Sea Salt lake  United States
35‰ 3.5% Atlantic Ocean Ocean [6]
30–40‰ 3-4% Lake Natron Salt lake  Tanzania [7]
0.13–31.73‰ 0.01-3.17% Chilika Lake Lagoon  India [8]
13–23‰ 1.3-2.3% Black Sea Inland sea  Bulgaria,  Romania,  Ukraine
 Russia,  Georgia,  Turkey
[9]
12.5‰ 1.25% Caspian Sea Lake  Azerbaijan,  Iran,  Kazakhstan
 Russia,  Turkmenistan
[10]
10‰ 1.0% Baltic Sea Mediterranean sea  Europe[11]

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