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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Although industrial mining now supplies most table salt, this slower solar method survives in certain regions because artisans and buyers alike prize its subtler, more varied flavor.
  2. The harvested salt is left to drain and dry further, a step that removes bitter trace minerals and leaves behind the familiar white grains sold in markets.
  3. Workers then rake these crystals toward the edges of the pan, gathering them into small mounds before the next tide can wash them away.
  4. As the water level drops over several days, the remaining brine becomes increasingly concentrated until tiny crystals begin forming on the surface.
  5. For thousands of years, coastal communities have produced salt by channeling seawater into shallow clay-lined pans and letting the sun and wind do the work of evaporation.