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title: "Why is the sea salty and rivers are not?"  
description: "Why is the sea salty and rivers are not?"  
author: "twinkle das"  
published: 2018-03-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36155/why-is-the-sea-salty-and-rivers-are-not  
category: "rivers"  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why is the sea salty and rivers are not?

Why is the [sea](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32749/the-strait-of-gibraltar-connects-the-atlantic-ocean-with-which-sea) salty and rivers are not?\


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