why is dead sea called dead sea??

Answer 1

because its so salty that there isnt any fish in it...only tiny oraganisms that can exist in such harsh conditions

Answer 2

Sounds kinda creepy, doesn't it? It's called the Dead Sea because nothing lives in it. It is some of the saltiest water anywhere in the world, almost six times as salty as the ocean! The Dead Sea is completely landlocked and it gets saltier with increasing depth. The surface, fed by the River Jordan, is the least saline. Down to about 130 feet (40 meters), the seawater comprises about 300 grams of salt per kilogram of seawater. That's about ten times the salinity of the oceans. Below 300 feet, though, the sea has 332 grams of salt per kilogram of seawater and is saturated. Salt precipitates out and piles up on the bottom of the sea.

There's no seaweed or plants of any kind in or around the water. There are no fish or any kind of swimming, squirming creatures living in or near the water. As a matter of fact, what you'll see on the shores of the Sea is white, crystals of salt covering EVERYTHING. And this is no ordinary table salt, either. The salts found in the Dead Sea are mineral salts, just like you find in the oceans of the world, only in extreme concentrations. The water in the Dead Sea is deadly to living things. Fish accidentally swimming into the waters from one of the several freshwater streams that feed the Sea are killed instantly, their bodies quickly coated with a preserving layer of salt crystals and then tossed onto shore by the wind and waves. Brutal!

Answer 3

Riverrs take waters in, but there is no OUT river. As the rivers pass over rocks, the electrons in the water, dissolve them, making a base solution. As it passes on through in the stream, the bases formed pick up natural free radical acids in the stream, or in the stream from the atmosphere to form salt. Acid+base=salt. These saltss pass into the Dead Sea with the streams, and never leave, remember, because there is no OUT stream FROM the Dead Sea TO anywhere, mainly because it is the LOWEST POINT on the surface of the Earth, and FEW streams even go NORTH. So, as the WATER in the streams, evaporate OUT of the Dead Sea, the Salts REMAIN. This is why the dead Sea is VERY DENSE, and PEOPLE ACTUALLY FLOAT in the Dead Sea, because the WATER is SO DENSE with HEAVY METAL SALTS!!

Answer 4

The sea is called "dead" because its high salinity means no fish or macroscopic aquatic organisms can live in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present. Fish that are carried into the Dead Sea by the Jordan river or by streams die as soon as the freshwater mixes with the hypersaline waters of the Dead Sea. The mixing process, however, is not immediate, and sometimes freshwater can float indefinitely on the Dead Sea's surface. Thus, it is sometimes possible for fish to live "on" the surface of the Dead Sea for a few days, though never "in" the Dead Sea itself.

Answer 5

From a geographical point of view, a dead sea will not have any tributary meaning source of water entering the sea. Somehow will be located in the landscape isolated from major rivers, or water systems. Somewhat isolated where the reproduction and rates of survival of aquatic organisms will be very limited. I also think the levels of euthripication or Algae blossom will be an active barrier for possible life. In the long run, the dead sea will become a terrestrials ecosystem.

Answer 6

It's called the Dead Sea because nothing lives in it. It is some of the saltiest water anywhere in the world, almost six times as salty as the ocean! The Dead Sea is completely landlocked and it gets saltier with increasing depth.

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Answer 7

The Dead Sea is at the lowest land point on earth, over 300 metres below sea level. Because rivers flow into it but not out, it has built up a high salt concentration, over five times of what is found in typical ocean water. (Indeed, it's so salty that you could float on it without any effort.) Most life forms are incapable of living in that environment, so the appellation of "Dead Sea" was given to it.

Answer 8

My theory is that, as with deserts, the misconception that it is "dead" grew from peoples' dissapointment that the kind of plants they were used to could not grow there--while deserts lack fresh water, this sea has a high salt content, therefore it was "dead." Kind of like Jesus cursing the fig tree, consigning it to death because it couldn't provide him with a plump juicy fig JUST when he wanted it.
Anyway, the Dead Sea is far from dead, and actually supports an amazing variety and type of flora, fauna, even mineral presence. It's an important source of methyl bromide, as well as a source of tourist income. If you swim in the "Dead Sea" it's actually very buoyant, so floating is much easier than with most waters, even ocean water. Ironically, although there is life in and around the sea, it will soon drastically change for the worse, due to pollution and the high demand for its waters by both Israel and Jordan.

Answer 9

In Hebrew the Dead Sea is called the Yam ha-Melah (help·info) - meaning "sea of salt", or Yam ha-Mavet - meaning "sea of death". In past times it was the "Eastern Sea" or the "Sea of Arava". In Arabic the Dead Sea is called Al Bahr al Mayyit (help·info) meaning "the Dead Sea", or less commonly Bahr Lūţ meaning "the Sea of Lot". Historically, another Arabic name was the "Sea of Zoar", after a nearby town. To the Greeks, the Dead Sea was "Lake Asphaltites" (see below).

Answer 10

Because the conditions within it's waters are that no "living" thing can exist. However, I think that scientists have found some kind of "organism" that can live within the "harsh" conditions that exist within the "Dead Sea"! Therefore, one would have to say - most of the things that are known can't survive within the extremely harsh conditions that are the Dead Sea.

Answer 11

The salt in the Dead Sea is extremely dense. Plants and animals can't survive in this heavily laden salt mineral habitat. In other words, it's just TOO salty.