Salinity, g/100 g (%)
|
Name
|
Type
|
Region or countries
|
Refs
|
20.0–50.0
|
Lake Elton
|
salt lake
|
Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
|
[1]
|
43.3 |
Gaet'ale Pond |
salt lake |
Ethiopia |
[2][3]
|
40.0 |
Lake Retba |
salt lake |
Senegal |
[citation needed]
|
35.0 |
Garabogazköl |
lagoon |
Turkmenistan |
[4]
|
34.8 |
Lake Assal |
salt lake |
Djibouti |
[5]
|
33.8 |
Don Juan Pond |
salt lake |
Antarctica |
[6]
|
33.7 |
Dead Sea |
salt lake |
Israel, Jordan, West Bank |
[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 of Alaska 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]
|