Which mechanism causes thermohaline circulation within a large endorheic lake basin experiencing rapid evaporation?

💡 Explanation

When evaporation increases salinity in surface waters, density increases because salts add mass; dense surface water then sinks, driving thermohaline circulation. Therefore density-driven convection results, rather than tidal forcing, upwelling or seiche oscillations, which require other conditions than evaporation-driven salinity changes.

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