Show dead sea mediterranean among saltiest of world the dead sea is the baltest sea in the world it contains in solution 22 parts of dissolved matter in every parts of water from the report of the government laboratory we learn that the atlantic ocean is salter than the north sea observes a writer in london tit bits I 1 magazine tests were carried out to discover what effect the salt concentration has upon the fish life of the different seas by periodically taking samples of the water and testing them for salinity the movements of one part of the sea to another can clearly be traced it is thought that fish accustomed to water containing a certain quantity of salt are likely to follow currents that show their normal saline content the mediterranean sea holds in solution 38 parts of dissolved matter in every parts of water the atlantic ocean 36 parts the former is therefore slightly salter than the latter the baltic in contrast contains only 05 parts of dissolved matter due probably to the fact that it is fed with vast quantities of melted snow which is almost entirely composed of fresh water |