A brackish lake, also called a weakly mineralised lake, has a salinity of 1–35 g/L. Some consider brackish lakes to have salinities of 0.3–24.7 g/L or 1–24.7 g/L. Most brackish lakes are sulphate or chloride lakes and are inflowing and undrained lakes. An example is Qinghai Lake.
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(2020). Brackish Lake. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_197
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