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what does Most lakes have rivers flowing out of them, carrying water to the ocean. However, some lakes, including Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea, have no outlet. Water flowing into these lakes leaves only through evaporation. Considering that the water flowing into the lakes contains many dissolved substances, how does the lack of an outlet affect the composition of these lakes? What would you expect to happen after many more years of inflow and evaporation?

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The salinity of the water bodies without outlets such as Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea will increase. After many more years of inflow and evaporation, the salinity will become too high.

How does lack of an outlet affect salinity of a water body?

The salinity of a water body depends on the amount of dissolved minerals in them.

When dissolved minerals are high, the water body will have high salinity.

When the dissolved minerals are low, the water body will have low salinity.

A water body having an outlet is able to discharge its water and dissolved minerals from it.

However, if there is no outlet except by evaporation, the salinity of the water body increases.

Therefore, the salinity of the water bodies such as Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea increases.

After many more years of inflow and evaporation, the salinity will become too high.

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