The Dead Sea, with its surface and beaches, is 423 meters (1,388 feet) below sea level, making it the lowest spot on Earth.
The depth of the Dead Sea is 377 meters (1.273 feet) and is the deepest salt lake in the world. The hypersaline lake is a water surface surrounded by land from all sides, where sodium chloride and other mineral salts are concentrated in large quantities and salinity levels are higher than those in ocean waters.
Salinity in the Dead Sea is 33.7%, which is one of the most salty water bodies in the world, although some reports suggest that Lake Honey in Djibouti, Lake Garabuzkazkol and some saline lakes in the dry McMurdo valleys of Antarctica ) Have higher salinity ratios.
High concentration of salt in Dead Sea waters makes it possible to float on its surface, according to natural buoyancy. The Dead Sea is similar to the Great Salt Lake located in Utah, USA.
The salinity of the Dead Sea is more than eight times higher than that of the ocean. Which makes it an environment not conducive to the growth and reproduction of marine organisms, hence the so-called Dead Sea. The high salt content in the Dead Sea prevents the proliferation of aquatic organisms such as fish and seaweed, despite the presence of some bacteria and microbial fungi in its waters.
The Dead Sea is 67 kilometers (42 miles) long and 18 kilometers (11 miles) wide at its maximum expansion. It is located in the valley of the Jordan Valley, and its main tributaries are the Jordan River.
The Dead Sea region has become a global center for health and hospital research. This is due to the Dead Sea water containment of minerals, the low rates of vaccines and allergens in the atmosphere, low UV radiation in the sun, Severe, all phenomena have their health benefits.
The Dead Sea is one of the oldest health resorts in the world, and has been the source of a wide variety of products, beginning with the weakness used by the ancient Egyptians in the embalming of their dead, and not the end of potash, which was used in the manufacture of agricultural fertilizers.
One of the unique phenomena of the Dead Sea is the phenomenon of the discharge of asphalt. The Dead Sea speaks from its depths stones and small molds of this black substance. In some of its archaeological sites, there were statues covered with asphalt and stone-covered skulls dating back to the Stone Age. Ancient Egyptians also used asphalt imported from the Dead Sea area in their embalming work.
The world's lowest road, Highway 90, runs across the shores of the Palestinian territories and the West Bank overlooking the Dead Sea, and lies at a depth of 393 meters (1.289 feet) below sea level.