Assertion: seawater's salt content | /r/CapableOf | lower the freezing point
Facets:
value: by about 1.9 °c
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: However, the salt content of oceans lowers the freezing point by about 1.9 °C (see here for explanation) and lowers the temperature of the density maximum of water to the former freezing point at 0 °C.