List of bodies of water by salinity

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This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.5%

Salinity (percentage)	Name	Type	Region or countries	Refs
44%	Don Juan Pond	Salt lake	Antarctica	[1]
35%	Lake Vanda	Salt lake	Antarctica
35%	Garabogazköl	Lagoon	Turkmenistan
34.8%	Lake Assal	Salt lake	Djibouti
33.7%	Dead Sea	Salt lake	Israel,  Jordan,  Palestine	[2]
8.5–28%	Lake Urmia	Salt lake	Iran	[3]
5–27%	Great Salt Lake	Salt lake	United States	[4]
18%	Little Manitou Lake	Salt lake	Canada	[5]
5–9.9%	Mono Lake	Salt lake	United States	[6]
4.4%	Salton Sea	Salt lake	United States
3.6-4.1%	Red Sea	Sea water inlet	Saudi Arabia Yemen Egypt  Sudan Eritrea Djibouti	[7]
3–4%	Lake Natron	Salt lake	Tanzania	[8]
3.5%	Pacific Ocean	Ocean
3.5%	Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		[9]
0.013–3.173%	Chilika Lake	Lagoon	India	[10]
1.3–2.3%	Black Sea	Inland sea	Bulgaria,  Romania,  Ukraine  Russia,  Georgia,  Turkey	[11]
2.4%	Lake Van	Salt lake	Turkey
1.25%	Caspian Sea	Lake	Azerbaijan,  Iran,  Kazakhstan  Russia,  Turkmenistan	[12]
1.0%	Baltic Sea	Mediterranean sea	Europe	[13]

References

1. G.M. Marion (1997). "A theoretical evaluation of mineral stability in Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley, Victoria Land". Antarctic Science 9 (1): 92–99. doi:10.1017/S0954102097000114.
2. Goetz, P.W. (ed.) The New Encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed.). Vol. 3, p. 937. Chicago, 1986
3. Lake Urmia. 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 28 August, 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619901/Lake-Urmia
4. Can I float in Great Salt lake?. Utah Geological Survey.
5. Little Manitou Lake. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
6. "Frequently Asked Questions About Mono Lake". monolake.org. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
7. A. Anati, David (March 1999). "The salinity of hypersaline brines: Concepts and misconceptions". International Journal of Salt Lake Research. doi:10.1023/A:1009059827435. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
8. The Biology and Culture of Tilapias: Proceedings of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, p.38
9. "Atlantic Ocean". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
10. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences - Variation of Water Quality of Chilika Lake, Orissa
11. Black Sea - Encyclopedia of Ukraine
12. Lake Basin Management Initiative - The Caspian Sea (2004)
13. Long Term Temperature & Salinity Records from the Baltic Sea Transition Zone