Dead Sea
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (Hebrew: ים המלח, Hebrew transliteration:Yam HaMelach; Arabic: البحر الميت, Arabic transliteration: al-Bahir al-Mayyit), borders Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. It is the lowest point in the world at 394.6 m (1269 ft) below sea level
shared with Jordan (seen in background)
The water in the Dead Sea is extremely salty, and has been estimated to be the second saltiest major body of water in the world. Its name is derived from the fact that the water is far too salinated for marine inhabitation.
The Dead Sea is naturally endorheic (no outlet streams) with the Jordan River
being its only major source. The northern part of the Dead Sea receives scarcely
100 mm (4 inches) of rain a year; the southern section receives barely 50 mm (2
inches). Due to the man-made reduction of the Jordan River (the river waters are
70-90 % used for human purposes) and the high evaporation rate of the Dead Sea,
the sea is shrinking. All the shallow waters of the southern end of the sea have
been drained and are now salt flats.
beach for bathing in the Dead Sea
Although the Dead Sea would never entirely disappear (because evaporation slows down as surface area decreases and saltiness increases), measures are currently being proposed to siphon water from the Red Sea through a series of tunnels or canals in order to replenish the rapidly shrinking waters and provide water and electrical solutions to the surrounding countries.
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