Why is the temperature needed to freeze ocean water lower than the temperature needed to freeze the surface of a freshwater lake?

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The salt and other materials dissolved in ocean water lowers the freezing point is one reason. The fact that the density of cold water is higher than the density of warmer water affects both but not to the same degree.
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