2007-01-18 09:38:57 · 18 answers · asked by junglegirl 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It has such a high salt/mineral content that nothing lives in it (at least, nothing that we normally associate with lakes rivers or inland seas)
quote "certain types of bacteria and microbes can handle the high salinity. So technically, the sea does play host to some living creatures, but they're definitely on the lower end of the evolutionary scale"
2007-01-18 09:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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!
2016-05-24 04:38:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea is so salty, no living organisms can exist within its waters.
2007-01-18 09:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by alicehodges 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because no marine animal can survive in that water because it is so salty, and the dead sea isn't really a sea at all, its more of a lake.
2007-01-18 09:46:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the high salt levels. nothing can live in it hence Dead Sea. cool place to float around tho!
2007-01-18 09:44:01 · answer #5 · answered by Rachel H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is so salty that no creature can live in it! Although it is now thought that there are some microbes that have adapted to live in the water.
2007-01-18 09:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called that because nothing lives in it. its pretty salty, at least six times more than the ocean apparently.
2007-01-18 09:47:36 · answer #7 · answered by emzc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its full of salt and nothing lives there.. dead sea,,ahhhh
2007-01-18 09:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by Andy K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The saline content is to high to support any known life.
2007-01-19 07:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by mtnflower43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos it's too salty for anything to live in it.
2007-01-18 09:47:17 · answer #10 · answered by Niamh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋