Brine

Brine is water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. It is used (now less popular than historically) to preserve vegetables, fish, and meat.

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Brine lakes, like the Dead Sea, develop as a result of high evaporation rates in a desert climate and lack of an outlet to the ocean. The salt in these bodies of water comes from either minerals washed out of the surrounding watershed or from a geologically old, previous connection to the ocean. Another example is the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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In other locations a body of water abutting the sea may have a salinity between that of sea and fresh water. This is sometimes described as brackish. An example is the Etang de Vaccares and surrounding waters in the Camargue.

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Man-made brine ponds, usually located along an ocean shore, are a source of commercial table salt, which is obtained by evaporating and purifying seawater. Commercial table salt is also obtained by way of a salt mine.

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A town in England famous for its abundance of saturated brine is Droitwich Spa.

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One of the largest reserves in the world of Bromine, a derivative of Brine, is located under Columbia and Union County Arkansas.

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Water: :This article focuses on water as it is experienced in everyday life. See water (molecule) for information on the chemical and physical properties of pure water (H2O, hydrogen oxide)....

Salt: : This article is about the general chemical term salt. For the everyday meaning, see edible salt or its main ingredient, sodium chloride. For other meanings of the word salt, see salt (disambiguation)....

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Brine related Images and Photos (experimental)

Brine Shrimp (Artemia Salina)

Pickle Brine Stainless Steel Water Bottle