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Brine is Water saturated or nearly saturated with Salt . It is used (now less popular than historically) to preserve Vegetable s, Fish , and Meat . At 60ºF saturated brine is 26.4% salt by weight(100 degree SAL). At 32ºF brine can only hold 23.3% salt. Brine lakes, like the Dead Sea , develop as a result of high evaporation rates in a Desert climate and lack of an outlet to the ocean. The salt in these bodies of water comes from either minerals washed out of the surrounding watershed or from a geologically old, previous connection to the ocean. Another example is the Great Salt Lake in Utah . In other locations a body of water abutting the sea may have a salinity between that of sea and fresh water. This is sometimes described as ''brackish'' which is between 0.05% and 3% salt content. An example is the Etang de Vaccares and surrounding waters in the Camargue . Man-made brine ponds, usually located along an ocean shore, are a source of commercial Table Salt , which is obtained by evaporating and purifying seawater. Commercial table salt is also obtained by way of a Salt Mine . A town in England famous for its abundance of saturated brine is Droitwich Spa . Brine is a common fluid used in the Transport of Heat from place to place. It is used because the addition of salt to water reduces the freezing temperature of the solution and a relatively great efficiency in the transport can be obtained for the low cost of the material. SEE ALSO |