Salinity

Illustration of high salinity concentration

Illustration of intermittent salinity concentration

Illustration of low salinity concentration

An icon representing degraded water quality

Illustration of a 2D estuary with continental island and offshore reef

Illustration of estuary base with dunes and salt wedge

Illustration of estuary base with inverse salt wedge

Illustration of estuary base with salt wedge

Illustration of closed and stratified lagoon base

Illustration of lake base with stratified water column in epilimnion and hypolimnion

Illustration of mixing

Illustration of salinity extremes

Illustration of salinity gradient

Saltwater intrudes into freshwater, a problem often affiliated with excess coastal groundwater extraction