2006-12-14 08:03:01 · 4 answers · asked by bunny 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The Dead Sea is an extremely inhospitable environment due to its very high salt content. The Dead Sea is the world's saltiest body of water, with up to 30% salinity. As a result of this, no fish or other macroscopic (visible to the naked eye) organisms live in it. However, there are small numbers of bacteria and fungi living in the water. On rare occasions, heavy rainfall temporarily lowers the salt content enough for algae to briefly flourish. The last time this happened was in 1980.
2006-12-14 08:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
very high salt concentrations that cannot sustain life
that is why it is called the dead sea
2006-12-14 16:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much salt in the water......nothing can survive
2006-12-14 16:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by wunluv06 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because it has big amount of soldium chloride
2006-12-14 16:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by soupia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋