This hyper-saline lake lies on the border of Jordan to the east and Israel to the west. It is truly a unique place.
1. The lowest place in the world
The height of the Dead Sea coast is 423 metres below sea level. It is the lowest place in the world.
2. The deepest hyper-salt lake in the world
The Dead Sea is 377 m deep.A hyper-saline lake is an inland body of Water that contains significant concentrations of Sodium Chloride and other mineral salts.Salt levels exceed ocean Water levels.
3. It is jone of the saltiest reservoirs in the world
The Dead Sea has 33.7% salinity. although Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl, and some hyper-saline lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond) have recorded higher salinities.
4. You won't drown
Thanks to the unusually high concentration of salt in the Dead Sea , people can swim easily and are buoyed up by the natural buoyancy. in this respect, the Dead Sea is similar to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
5. The Dead Sea is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean
This salinity causes harsh living conditions that do not benefit animals. From this the name Dead Sea is derived.High salinity prevents macroscopic AQUAtic organisms from living in itsuch as fish and AQUAtic plants, although small numbers of bacteria and microbial fungi are present.
6.The Dead Sea is 67 kilometres long
and 18 kilometres wide at its widest point. it is located in the Jordan Rift Valley and is mainly supplied by the Jordan River.
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7. Minerals Heal
The Dead Sea region has become a major centre for health research and treatment for a number of reasons.Each property of the Dead Sea has specific effects on human health. This is due to the mineral content of the Water, the very low Pollen and other allergens in the atmosphere, the reduced ultraviolet component of solar radiation and the higher atmospheric pressure at great depth.
8. The World's First Bath
Biblically , The Dead Sea was King David's refuge. It was one of the first bathing centres in the world, also for Herod the Great. Even then, a wide range of products were made from rare minerals, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilisers.
9. Discharging asphalt
An unusual feature of the Dead Sea is its discharge of asphalt.From the deep depths, the Dead Sea continually washes up small stones and bits of black matter. asphalt figurines and Neolithic resin skulls have been found at archaeological sites. The Egyptians used asphalt imported from the Dead Sea region to mummify the bodies.
10. The lowest road in the world, Highway 90
runs along the Israeli coast and the western shore of the Dead Sea at 393 metres below sea level.
