Endsee (body of water)

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The Caspian Sea is a terminal lake as there is no outflow.

As Endsee an endorheic (will endorheischer ) lake called into which a river flows. End lakes are particularly common in arid areas . Often they become too salty over time, because the minerals and salts brought in with the tributaries remain when the water evaporates and their concentration increases.

Examples:

  1. Africa:
    1. Lake Chad
    2. Turkana lake
  2. America:
    1. Great salt lake
    2. Lake Cuitzeo
    3. Salar de Coipasa
    4. Texcoco Lake
  3. Asia:
    1. Aral Sea
    2. Lake Balkhash
    3. Karakul
    4. Caspian Sea
    5. Dead Sea
  4. Europe:
    1. Baskuntschak
    2. Caspian Sea
    3. Lake Neusiedl
  5. Antarctica:
    1. Don Juan Lake
    2. Lake Vanda

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