Assertion: seawater's salinity | /r/HasProperty | low
Facets:
value: at high latitudes
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: at the poles
type: LOCATION
value: at the equator
type: LOCATION
value: insofar
type: DEGREE
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Salinity is generally low at the equator and at the poles, and high at mid-latitudes.
text: The town of Teddington a few miles west of London marks the boundary between the tidal and non-tidal parts of the Thames, although it is still considered a freshwater river about as far east as Battersea insofar as the average salinity is very low and the fish fauna consists predominantly of freshwater species such as roach, dace, carp, perch, and pike.
text: At high latitudes, salinity is low.
text: To sum up, salinity is low where precipitation is greater than evaporation, mainly in coastal or equatorial regions.