Rivers from land, add minerals to sea water. Discuss how?

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Rivers from land, add minerals to sea water. Discuss how?

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answered Sep 17, 2017 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 34 104
selected Sep 17, 2017 by Golu
 
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Water is capable of dissolving a large number of substances. As water flows over the rocks containing soluble minerals, some of them get dissolved in the water. Thus, rivers carry many nutrients from land to the sea.

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