Dead Sea is a lake located between the West Bank, Jordan and Israel, was the Jordan River. The surface of the Dead Sea deeper
point land in the world is located at a
depth of 417 m below sea level in 2003, according measurements.
With the name in Arabic Dead Sea is in fact a lake. That Hdidalmiloha because it is nearly ten times the salinity of the oceans and change this value depending on the depth, it does not live marine organisms and therefore called the Dead Sea, despite the presence of some types of bacteria and fungi minute it.
The Dead Sea, it seems to be Asian-African rift where limited water freely in the area, and work to increase water evaporation rate of the salt.
Dead Sea threatened with extinction because of low quantities of water into which, as the dams and the suction of water from the River Jordan by the Israelis, sharply reduced the amount of water reaching the Dead Sea, which is threatened by drought.
The Dead Sea therapeutic tourism regions of the most active in the region, where salt is said that the existing heal many skin diseases such as shellfish and skin sensitivities miscellaneous, when sea water meets the shore rocks they Tstabg color snow from the rock salt Altjmah coast, and also is one of the centres economic built many industries such as salt factories and plants cosmetic and therapeutic products.
There is the idea of a project to life, and to acquire water for the Dead Sea by opening a channel for bringing sea water to the Dead Sea and to
benefit from the flow of water from the current level teams for generating electric power.
He wrote a lot about the ancient Dead Sea salt and bitter waters. He held the Dead Sea and the names of many launched by the sea called "deadly lake, and Lake Zgr (Zgr son Lot), or the length of Lake" wrote Sapphire (1179 1229):
"Such a lake Almntne Lake Zgr said it is also inverted West Jordan, near Jericho Lake is damned no benefit in something not breed animals and very fragrant septicaemia. Has irritation in some years die every so from animal Ansi and other neighboring villages without even with a time that the nation Ijieha others do not wish them to life Veskinunha If this occurred in the lake is no benefit whatever they farm, even the wood wind receiving the coastline and thus spark, no working fire it. Ibn Al-Faqih said that the man did not dive, but still Taeva even die. "
The total length of the Dead Sea 79 kilometres (48 miles), was introduced fifteen kilometres and seven hundred metres either lower the roof above the surface of the Mediterranean amounted to 392 and covers an area of the Dead Sea total of about 945 square kilometres. The deeper the depth it amounts to 401 meters and divided the peninsula into two parts, tongue-equal Much southern quagmire is Salty The depth of 6 to 8 meters. One of the most important sources of water, the Jordan River, which pours it comes to him from the north and east of the water and led blue hills is not positive and west of Ayn seriously. A new hotel projects to Istjm tourists at the Dead Sea. Has nominated the Dead Sea to become the new seven wonders of the world, which will soon be