What is "salinities"

Usage examples of "salinities".

The fact that the water on the banks off the coast has lower salinities, and in part lower temperatures, than the water outside in the deep sea, has usually been explained by its being mixed with the coast water, which is diluted with river water from the land.

This is clearly seen on the chart, which shows the distribution of temperatures and salinities on the surface.

But below these depths the temperatures and salinities decrease rather rapidly for some distance.

It appears that the salinities at the Planet station, in any case to a depth of 400 metres, were lower, and in part much lower, than those of the Fram Expedition.