Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Arabian Sea is more saline than the Bay of Bengal because:

• A. higher rate of evaporation
• B. lesser influx of fresh water
  
• C. both of the above
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C both of the above

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Salinity near the surface in the Arabian Sea is much higher than in the Bay of Bengal because evaporation over the Arabian Sea is much greater and it receives relatively less river runoff.