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The third site was the "wildly weird" Orca Basin, a hypersaline mini-basin nestled into the continental slope.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

The desalination process, which typically includes the discharge of hypersaline brine back into the ocean, has been criticized for negatively affecting marine life near facilities, as well as high energy consumption.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

The study also noted a sharp decline in underground water levels around Lake Tuz, a hypersaline lake that straddles the Turkish provinces of Ankara, Konya and Aksaray.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

Although the presence of water could suggest the existence of life akin to the organisms that exist in subglacial lakes in Antarctica, the Martian lakes are believed to be "hypersaline" — that is, unusually salty.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2020

The average depth is probably less than 70 cm. and the waters are hypersaline.

From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Johnston, Richard F.