Salination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sæləˈneɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Salination is a noun meaning A treatment with a salt solution.
Meaning
A treatment with a salt solution.
More Meanings
- The increase of salt content in soil.
- The increase of salt content in water.
Example Sentences
It is evident […] that we ought to find every degree of salination of salt lakes.
Such extension of control diminishes disturbances of the peace, stabilises and thus promotes agricultural industry, and puts a check on the exhaustion and salination of the soil.
An environmentally conscious population labels the phenomenon of land degradation in Australia (specifically, the erosion of top-soil and salination caused by irrigation after deforestation) as AIDS of the earth; the same metaphor is used in America.
1989, Michael Renner, “Enhancing Global Security” in Lester R. Brown et al., State of the World 1989: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, New York: Norton, p. 142, Disputes revolve around water diversion or reduced water flow, industrial pollution, the salination or siltation of streams, and floods aggravated by soil erosion.
Word Forms
- salinations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include salinization, salinity, salinification, desalting, saline, desalination.
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