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Table 6 Piezometry at the Outlets of A Few Brackish Springs. From Breznik, 1998.

Name Country Elevation

in m

Maximum salinity
in g·L -1

Probable depth
of mixing in m

Almyros in Iraklion Crete, Greece 3 to 10 6 450

Lake Kournas Crete, Greece 17 - 600

Annavaloussa Crete, Greece 12 - 500

Pantan Croatia 4 12 160

Slanac Croatia 27 5 1,000

Tannimin Israel 10 - 400

Mortola Italy 1 1,4 60

2.3 Hypotheses on functioning

2.3.1 Hydrodynamic hypothesis

Contamination could be linked to a Venturi effect. However, this has never
been visually observed, and does not satisfactorily explain why the salinity
increases when the discharge decreases and not the inverse.

Figure 37 Aspiration of sea water by the venturi effect.