Salt lake in Asia
The sea is called "dead" because its high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms, such as fish and aquatic plants, from living in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present. In times of flood, the salt content of the Dead Sea can drop from its usual 35% to 30% or lower.
Description
The Dead Sea is a salt lake which has created many arguments and thought, it is a very demonic lake that doesn't allow life in it neither does it allow or give out it's own water. The Dead Sea has a very high degree of salinity which can kill any life that stays on or in it for 5-10 minutes interval. The Dead Sea is 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. Its surface and shores are 430.5 metres below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land.
Surface elevation: -430 m
Area: 605 km²
Catchment area: 41,650 km²
Location: Israel; Jordan; West Bank
Max. depth: 298 m (978 ft) (elevation of deepest point, 728 m BSL, minus current surface elevation)
Inflow source: Jordan River
Dead Sea travel guide
WHEN TO VISIT
Peak travel periods include winter (Oct–Apr), as well as the Jewish holidays of Passover (Mar/Apr, dates vary) and Sukkot (Sep/Oct, dates vary). In summer (Jul–Aug), the Dead Sea area, which has a desert climate, is extremely hot and dry. Winters are mild, warm and sunny.
IS THE DEAD SEA A SEA OR A LAKE??
The Dead Sea is shrinking due, in part, to huge water diversions from the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers. The Dead Sea is technically not a sea but an endorheic, or terminal, lake (a lake that doesn't flow into a river, sea, or ocean).
WHY IS DEAD SEA DANGEROUS
Harder when the water keeps forcing every part of the body up. Because the water is dense, it's hard for a person to push an arm into it and turn their body over. The salt of the Dead Sea also contributes to drowning deaths because even a few swallows of it destroys the electrolyte balance in the body.
The Dead Sea’s high salt levels mean that people can easily float on its surface due to the natural buoyancy. Bobbing around like a cork is not only a fun-filled experience, but a great way to relax after seeing Jordan and Israel’s other top sights.
The popular wisdom is that no one can drown in the Dead Sea because they'll float on the super-salty waters. That's wrong, but it's true that drownings in the Dead Sea are different from drowning deaths in ordinary waters.
The Dead Sea straddles the border of Israel and Jordan. Although the name 'Dead Sea' doesn't promise a good time, it's a fairly popular tourist destination. The concentrated saline is said to be a cure for a number of health conditions, and resorts and medical facilities crowd around the sea's edge. Tourists are encouraged to swim in its waters. There's no fear of sharks. Almost nothing lives in the water.
The Dead Sea is landlocked and in the lowest valley on earth. All the minerals of the surrounding countryside get washed into one pool, which in turn gets baked by the sun. This concentrates the salts so much that the Dead Sea is 10 times as salty as the ocean.
All this salt has contributed to the myth that people cannot drown in the Dead Sea. It's true that they can't drown in the conventional way - slipping below the surface of the water. The more salt is dissolved in water, the denser it becomes. Objects in water stop sinking when they displace a mass of water equal to their body mass. In unsalted water, that means a large amount of the body is underwater - all of it for particularly dense people. In dense, salty
water, a little body displaces a lot of mass, and most of the body stays out of the water. It's hard to drown a person when most of their body is floating on top of the water like a cork.
An article on an ABC news site even mentions that it's impossible to drown in the Dead Sea, saying "You can't drown in the Dead Sea even if you tried — it's so heavy with salt, it's difficult to put your foot on the bottom." And yet in 2010, 21 people had to be pulled from the sea by life guards. The Dead Sea was named the second most dangerous place to swim in Israel. One big problem is exactly what's described in the ABC article. It's hard to get a foot on the bottom.
Floating on their backs, a person's face is lifted well clear of the water. If they turn over, or if they trip on their way into the sea and fall face down, then the entire back of their body is clear, but their face is pushed into the sea. Anyone who has been in a pool knows that, in regular water, the easiest way to lift the head up and out of the water is to force the feet and lower body down. Easy in fresh water, or in the relatively saltless ocean. Harder when the water keeps forcing every part of the body up. Because the water is dense, it's hard for a person to push an arm into it and turn their body over. The salt of the Dead Sea also contributes to drowning deaths because even a few swallows of it destroys the electrolyte balance in the body. People poison themselves with salt. Massive doses of salt hurt the heart and kidneys and cause the body to shut down.
Spas and resorts around the Dead Sea often employ lifeguards to keep bathers safe. Salt won't do the job, and the myth that no one can drown in the sea certainly isn't helping.
HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY IN THE DEAD SEE??
Do not stay in for more than 10 minutes. You can get out and then go back in again but each time should be no longer than 10 minutes.
IS THE DEAD SEA DISAPPEARING
The Dead Sea is receding at a swift 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.
What Sea is disappearing?
Aral Sea
Formerly the fourth largest lake in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea has been shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
HOW DID THE DEAD SEA GET SO SALTY??
In the arid low-lying desert, the water that collects in the Dead Sea evaporates more quickly than water in the open ocean, leaving vast quantities of salt behind, the MDSRC explains.
SUMMARY
It has very high salt percentage
No life can be found in it
Can kill any living thing which stays on it between 5-10 minutes
You can only float on it but not sink
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