Which is the saltiest major Ocean?

Q. Which is the saltiest major Ocean?
Answer: Atlantic
Notes: Of all the major oceans in the world, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest. The high surface salinity in the Atlantic is maintained by two processes:
the Agulhas Leakage/Rings, which brings salty Indian Ocean waters into the South Atlantic and
"Atmospheric Bridge", which evaporates subtropical Atlantic waters and exports it to the Pacific

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