Assertion: seawater's salinity | /r/CapableOf | equalise with that of the red sea
Facets:
value: gradually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The Bitter Lakes, which are hyper-saline natural lakes that form part of the canal, blocked the migration of Red Sea species into the Mediterranean for many decades, but as the salinity of the lakes gradually equalised with that of the Red Sea, the barrier to migration was removed, and plants and animals from the Red Sea have begun to colonise the Eastern Mediterranean.