australia is in the continent of australia it is both a continent and a country note contrary to erroneous opinion it is not in the continent of either aus tralasia or oceania neither of these is a geographical continent but rather they are both political regionst is sometimes referred to as an island continent because it is one of only two continents in the world completely surrounded by water australia is part of the geographic region of oceania which by definition is not actually a continent
So, the colder the water, the more dense it is. Increasing salinity also increases the density of sea water. Less dense water floats on top of more dense water. Given two layers of water with the same salinity, the warmer water will float on top of the colder water.
Water has great abundance on the Earth, and of that abundance about 97% is sea water. Sea water contains about 3.5% by weight of salt (sodium chloride). The salinity does vary, and the combination of salinity and temperature has a major influence on ocean currents and behavior. Salinity is a crucial property of the seas and is widely measured.