Why don't salt water and fresh water mix although salt can mix with fresh water and become salt water? - Quora
Love The Wild - This amazing photo was taken of saltwater in the Gulf of Alaska meeting freshwater from glacial melt. Different bodies of water don't mix due to differences in density
![New Orleans District > Missions > Engineering > Stage and Hydrologic Data > SaltwaterWedge > SaltwaterWedgeOverview New Orleans District > Missions > Engineering > Stage and Hydrologic Data > SaltwaterWedge > SaltwaterWedgeOverview](https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Portals/56/docs/engineering/WaterControl/SaltwaterWedge/SaltwaterWedgeSillLocation.jpg?ver=JJHxrcZXIbISwihDlL0OWA%3D%3D)
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![USGS Ground-Water Resources Program (GWRP): Freshwater-Saltwater Interactions along the Atlantic Coast USGS Ground-Water Resources Program (GWRP): Freshwater-Saltwater Interactions along the Atlantic Coast](https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/saltwater/fig2.gif)