Gaet'ale Pond (world's saltiest body of water)

Gaet'ale Pond (world's saltiest body of water)


Dallol, Ethiopia (ET)
Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression. It sits over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams. The water of the pond has a salinity of 43%, making it the saltiest water body on the planet.
Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression. It sits over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams. The water of the pond has a salinity of 43%, making it the saltiest water body on the planet.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: kkeps

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