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From: Professor Vonroach
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:58
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:58
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:55:10 -0500, Steve <bozone@ripco.com> wrote: > > >Fabrikant wrote: > Again, if rivers bring salt to the oceans, they also >> bring salt to the lakes, and lakes should have been much more salty, >> than oceans, which is not true. I rest my case. > >Almost all lakes drain out into the ocean through rivers. All lakes are fed by rivers and lose water and contained salts by some means - draining rivers, evaporation, soil absorption, etc. >The ones that don't are salty (Great Salt Lake, Dead Sea). More saltier than those with better water circulation. All water and soil contains salts, they may be kept to a minimum for use in water used in analytical chemistry by distillation. Catch a jar of rain water and have it analysed - you will find salts in various concentrations, including minimal amounts dissolved from the glass container. Perfect purity is an illusive ideal.
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