Surface ocean salinity in the Atlantic Ocean is highest near ______. a. Labrador sea b. mediterranean sea c. gulf of mexico
Surface ocean salinity in the Atlantic Ocean is highest near ______. a. Labrador sea b. mediterranean sea c. gulf of mexico
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Surface ocean salinity in the Atlantic Ocean is highest near ______.
a. Labrador sea
b. mediterranean sea
c. gulf of mexico
Transcribed Image Text:Figure 3A-3 is a color-coded global ocean map of mean annual sea-surface salinity
(SSS) acquired from WOA 2018. Isohalines are alternating solid and dashed lines
connecting points of equal salinity and are shown with a contour interval of 0.5.
World Ocean Atlas Climatology
Decadal average: 1955 - 2017
Contour Interval-0.5
60°E
120'E
180
120'W
60'W
90'N-
N.06-
36
60'N-
60°N
35
30°N-
30°N
34
Fo
33
30'S-
30'S
32
60's-
F60'S
31
60'E
120'E
180
120'W
60'W
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The salinity of seawater is determined by the total amount of dissolved salts. Isohalines are lines connecting points of equal salinity.
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