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ID 700482 Last modified 02.05.2025
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Domain hydrography & oceanography
  • vees lahustunud mineraalsoolade hulk promillides või grammides kilogrammi vee kohta (soolsust kindlaks määrates arvutatakse halogeenide looduslikud ühendid halogeniidid ümber kloriidideks ja karbonaadid oksiidideks)
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    • Soolsuse järgi eristatakse hüperhaliinset (üle 40‰), euhaliinset (30–40‰), miksohaliinset (0,5–30‰) ja magevett (alla 0,5‰).
  • a measure of the concentration of dissolved salts (sulphates and chlorides of sodium and calcium) in water, normally expressed as parts per thousand (‰)
soolsus
Usage examples
  • Soolsust mõjutavad sademed, aurumine, vee ringlemine ja juurdevool jõgedest. Avaookeanis on soolsus peaaegu ühesugune (harilikult 34,5–35,5‰), ääre- ja sisemeredes väga erinev: 1–2‰ (Läänemere idaosas), 18‰ (Mustas meres) ja 38–42‰ (Punases meres). Mõne soolajärve (näiteks Surnumere) soolsus küünib isegi 200–300‰-ni.
S abbreviation
salinity
Usage examples
  • Freshwater has a salinity of less than 0.5‰ (it is described as limnetic), seawater has a salinity greater than 30‰ (it is euhaline), and brackish water an intermediate salinity.
  • ‘Saltwater’ means water where the salinity is appreciable. This may be water where the salinity is constantly high (e.g. seawater) or where the salinity is appreciable but not at a constantly high level (e.g. brackish water): the salinity may be subject to periodic variation due to the influx of fresh or seawaters.
salinité
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Salinität

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