How does river water not get salty even though it is connected to salty ocean water?

2.75K views

How does river water not get salty even though it is connected to salty ocean water?

In: Chemistry

5 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

The flow of the water moves toward the ocean. How can salty water move up the river if the river is flowing the other way?

There are often areas where the force of high tide coming in pushes some salt water up the other way, but it doesn’t go very far, and it all comes back at low tide.

You are viewing 1 out of 5 answers, click here to view all answers.