Question

Salinity is low in the land-locked Baltic Sea. Give reasons.

Answer 1

Enclosed by the northern Europe and Scandinavia, Baltic is said to have very low salinity of about 10 per cent which is very meagre.

This is generally due to freshwater that is added to it from the sources of almost hundreds of rivers.

The denser the seawater, the less it gets evaporated therefore making it less salty.

The water of the Baltic Sea is brackish with low salinity content.

It is a mixture of salty and fresh water.

Answer 2

Salinity is low in the land locked Baltic Sea because of the high temperature. The fresh water from the surrounding land gets run off and the salt density is also low. The Baltic Sea is almost land-locked and covers an area of “122415 000 km”. The volume of water is only “21 000 km” because it is shallow.