• ma11en@lemmy.world
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    Most land based plants would die if fed saltwater.

    The water would in most cases sink away below the surface too.

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      While that’s true, a large saltwater deposit somewhere arid would allow for water to evaporate into the air and create humidity and increase the probability of rain occurring in that area regularly.

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        Rainwater typically has a TDS of 20 mg/L or less. Fresh water from lakes, rivers, and groundwater is more variable, with TDS ranging from 20 mg/L to approximately 1,000 mg/L. Brackish water is, by definition, water with TDS exceeding 1,000 mg/L and ranging as high as that of seawater, at approximately 35,000 mg/L.

        https://watereuse.org/salinity-management/ls/ls_3d.html

      • Anticorp
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        No. The salt gets left behind when water evaporates.