The sea water from the ocean, has <u>high concentration of salts</u> and thus can be called saline water. The salts predominantly present in the sea water is sodium chloride (NaCl).
Desalination refers to process of <u>removal of minerals and salts from the saline water to produce fresh water.</u> This process produces a by-product called brine, which is a highly concentrated solution of salt and water.
<u>Therefore, the process of removal of salt from the saline ocean water is known as </u><u>Desalination.</u>
