Write briefly about dead Sea?
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The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח About this soundYam ha-Melah lit. Sea of Salt; Arabic: البحر الميت About this soundAl-Bahr al-Mayyit[5]) is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.
Dead Sea
Dead Sea by David Shankbone.jpg
A view of the sea from the Israeli shore
Location
Israel
Jordan
West Bank
Coordinates
31°30′N 35°30′E
Lake type
Endorheic
Hypersaline
Native name
ים המלח (in Hebrew)
البحر الميت (in Arabic)
Primary inflows
Jordan River
Primary outflows
None
Catchment area
41,650 km2 (16,080 sq mi)
Basin countries
Israel
Jordan
Palestine
Max. length
50 km (31 mi)[1] (northern basin only)
Max. width
15 km (9.3 mi)[1]
Surface area
605 km2 (234 sq mi) (2016)[2]
Average depth
199 m (653 ft)[3]
Max. depth
298 m (978 ft) (elevation of deepest point, 728 m BSL [below sea level], minus current surface elevation)
Water volume
114 km3 (27 cu mi)[3]
Shore length1
135 km (84 mi)
Surface elevation
−430.5 m (−1,412 ft) (2016)[4]
References
Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Its surface and shores are 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level,Earth's lowest elevation on land. It is 304 m (997 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With a salinity of 342 g/kg, or 34.2% (in 2011), it is one of the world's saltiest bodies of water – 9.6 times as salty as the ocean – and has a density of 1.24 kg/litre, which makes swimming similar to floating.This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea's main, northern basin is 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and 15 kilometres (9 mi) wide at its widest point.
The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean Basin for thousands of years. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from asphalt for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilisers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets.
The Dead Sea is receding at an alarming rate; its surface area today is 605 km2 (234 sq mi), having been 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) in 1930. The recession of the Dead Sea has begun causing problems, and multiple canals and pipelines proposals exist to reduce its recession. One of these proposals is the Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, carried out by Jordan, which will provide water to neighbouring countries, while the brine will be carried to the Dead Sea to help stabilise its water level. The first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in 2018 and be completed in 2021.
ANSWER:
DEAD SEA.
The Dead Sea is an inland sea in
Jordan Valley on the Israel - Jordan border. It is the saltiest lake on the earth. Nothing can survive in this salty lake, except for some micro organisms. No plants or animals grow in it or can live it-hence the strange name, 'DEAD SEA !'
It is the lowest point on earth's land surface, nearly 400 metres below sea level. The dead sea measures 79 kilometers in length and is up to 16 kilometers wide at it widest. It is nearly 400 metres deep in the north,but very shallow towards the south.
The Dead Sea is fed by the waters of the Jordan river and other streams. The water that accumulates in this sea does not flow out. It only evaporates, leaving behind the salts that is carried there. The sea is so salty that its density is very high and it is nearly impossible to sink in it!