2006-12-06 04:39:55 · 20 answers · asked by rainbow r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
in the south part of Israel
2006-12-06 04:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea (Arabic: اÙبØر اÙÙ
Ùت; Hebrew: ×× ××××) is both the lowest point on the Earth at 418 metres (1,371 ft) below sea level and falling[2], and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world at 330 m (1,083 ft) deep. It is also one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth with a salinity of about 30%. This is about 8.6 times greater than the average ocean salinity. It measures 67 kilometres (42 mi) long, up to 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide, and is located on the border between the West Bank, Israel, and Jordan, and lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. The main tributary is the Jordan River.
The Dead Sea has attracted interest and visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. It was a place of refuge for King David, it was one of the world's first health resorts for Herod the Great, and it has been the supplier of products as diverse as balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers.
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2006-12-07 06:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea is located in Israel and Jordan, about 15 miles east of Jerusalem. It is extremely deep (averaging about 1,000 feet), salty (some parts containing the highest amount of salts possible), and the lowest body of water in the world. The Dead Sea is supplied by a number of smaller streams, springs, and the Jordan River.
2006-12-06 12:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea is located in the Middle East, between Jordan an Israel.
check it out...http://www.extremescience.com/DeadSea.htm
2006-12-06 12:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by Littlebit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea is located in the Dead Sea Rift, which is part of a long fissure in the Earth's surface called the Great Rift Valley. The 6000 km (3700 mile) long Great Rift Valley extends from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey to the Zambezi Valley in southern Africa. The Great Rift Valley formed in Miocene times as a result of the Arabian Plate moving northward and then eastward away from the African Plate.
2006-12-06 12:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Melli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level.
The Dead Sea (Arabic اÙبØر اÙÙ
Ùت,Hebrew ×× ××××) is the lowest point on the Earth's surface. It is on the border between Israel and Jordan on the Jordan Rift Valley. This endorheic body of water is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
2006-12-06 14:02:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Israel by Jordan, Jericho and the other side of Israel. So why is it called the "Dead Sea"?
2006-12-06 12:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Jeff - It is what it is ☺ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dead sea is located in the middle east between jordan and israel.it is the lowest spot on earth at more than 1,300 feet below sea level.nothing lives in it as it is 35% salt.
it is mined for its valuable minerals.
2006-12-06 12:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by ol'grrrl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The holy land in Israel and Jordan
2006-12-06 12:47:31 · answer #9 · answered by Joe V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dead sea is located in jericho (israel)
2006-12-06 12:42:38 · answer #10 · answered by sexy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋