Salinity, g/100 g (%) | Name | Type | Region or countries | Refs |
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20.0–50.0 | Lake Elton | salt lake | Astrakhan Oblast,Russia | [1] |
43.3 | Gaet'ale Pond | salt lake | Ethiopia | [2][3] |
40.0 | Don Juan Pond | salt lake | Antarctica | [4] |
40.0 | Lake Retba | salt lake | Senegal | [citation needed] |
35.0 | Garabogazköl | lagoon | Turkmenistan | [5] |
34.8 | Lake Assal | salt lake | Djibouti | [6] |
33.7 | Dead Sea | salt lake | Israel,Jordan,Palestine | [7] |
32.4 | Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü) | salt lake | Turkey | [8] |
31.7 | Great Salt Lake, North Arm | salt lake | Great Basin,Utah,United States | [9] |
30.0 | Lake Baskunchak | salt lake | Astrakhan Oblast,Russia | [10] |
30.0 | Lake Sărat | salt lake | Brăila,Romania | [11][12] |
8.50–28.0 | Lake Urmia | salt lake | Iran | [13] |
27.0 | Deep Lake | salt lake | Antarctica | [14] |
18.0 | Little Manitou Lake | salt lake | Canada | [15] |
15.3 | Lake Pikrolimni | salt lake | Greece | [16] |
0.00–14.6 | Lake Vanda | meromictic lake | Antarctica | [17] |
14.2 | Great Salt Lake, South Arm | salt lake | Great Basin,Utah, United States | [9] |
12.0 | Lake Abert | salt lake | Great Basin,Oregon, United States | [18] |
9.50 | Lake Techirghiol | salt lake | Romania | [19] |
8.80 | Mono Lake | salt lake | Great Basin,California, United States | [20](as of 2015) |
6.60 | Hamelin Pool | lagoon | Australia | [21] |
4.40 | Salton Sea | salt lake | Great Basin,California, United States | [22] |
4.10–4.50 | Great Bitter Lake | salt lake | Egypt | [23] |
3.80 | Mediterranean Sea | mediterranean sea | Southern Europe,Levant,North Africa | [24] |
3.60–4.10 | Red Sea | mediterranean sea | Egypt,Sudan,Arabian Peninsula,Horn of Africa | [25] |
3.00–4.00 | Lake Natron | salt lake | Tanzania | [26] |
3.40–3.60 | World Ocean | ocean | Worldwide | [27] |
3.50+ | Lake Eyre | endorheic lake | Australia | [28][n 1] |
3.40 | Lough Hyne | marine lake | Republic of Ireland | [29] |
2.80–3.20 | Beaufort Sea | marginal sea | North ofAlaska and Canada | [30] |
2.20 | Sea of Marmara | mediterranean sea | Between the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian peninsula | [31] |
3.17 | Chilika Lake | lagoon | India | [32] |
1.30–2.30 | Black Sea | mediterranean sea | Between Europe and Asia -Balkan Peninsula,Eastern Europe,Anatolia,Caucasus | [33] |
2.30 | Lake Van | salt lake | Turkey | [34] |
1.40 | Qinghai Lake | salt lake | China | [35] |
1.25 | Caspian Sea | salt lake | Eastern Europe/Western Asia | [36] |
1.14 | Sarygamysh Lake | salt lake | Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan | [37] |
1.00–1.20 | Sea of Azov | mediterranean sea | Ukraine,Russia | [38][39] |
0.8–1.0 | Baltic Sea | marginal sea | Northern Europe | [40][n 2] |
0.59 | Issyk Kul | salt lake | Kyrgyzstan,Central Asia | [41][n 3] |