Published on 25 Jan 2017
The
Dead Sea is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel to
the west. Its surface and shores are 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea
level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 304 m (997 ft)
deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 34.2% salinity (in
2011), it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, and one of the world's
saltiest bodies of water.[7] This salinity makes for a harsh environment
in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead
Sea is 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and 15 kilometres (9 mi) wide at its
widest point.[1] It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and its main
tributary is the Jordan River.
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 fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jIV_PSywQ
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 fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jIV_PSywQ
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