2007-04-29 23:52:56 · 13 answers · asked by kljhewaq 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You CAN drown. Drowning just means that you take in water into your lungs and cause your body to stop breathing. That part IS possible.
You CANNOT sink. The salt content of the Dead Sea is high enough that the human body cannot sink. This has mainly to do with salt water being heavier than water (90% of your body).
2007-04-29 23:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by James D 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, you can still drown in the dead sea.
The Dead Sea has the highest salt concentration of any natural body of water. As a result, it has a higher density than normal seawater, and a human being will float in it very well indeed. Normally in seawater you would float just at the surface, with most of your bulk below the waterline, because your body has roughly the same density as the surrounding water. The higher density of the Dead Sea means you float higher and, if you should go under, you rise to the surface faster. It's very difficult to sink and stay under in the Dead Sea.
However, if your face ends up underwater for long enough that you inhale the water, say if you fall face down in it unconscious, you'll drown just the same as you would in any other body of water.
2007-04-30 07:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jason T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do to drown is suck water into your lungs. You could "drown" with a gallon of water in the desert.
The dead sea has no outlet due to it's low altitude (below sea level) and no path to the ocean. Rivers pick up minerals (salt included) as they travel. The water and minerals end up in the dead sea. The water evaporates, and leave behind the salt. The salt increases buoyancy because the water is now more dense.
When you relax in the Dead sea, much of your torso remains out of the water.
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2007-04-30 06:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by Ender 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Several people drown every year in the Dead Sea because they do not obey the rule: Only float on your back. Accidents happen when someone tries to swim normally (stomach first) in the water - the legs will float better than usual and the head will be submerged.
2007-04-30 06:58:30 · answer #4 · answered by brattiness73 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not true. You can't sink in the red sea because of the salt. You can drown, however. A person can drown in 6 inches of water under the right circumstances.
2007-04-30 06:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by John S 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yggdrasil Mithos Symphonia has it "On The Nose"
The water in the Dead Sea has such a concentration os salt that its specific gravity will support ( Float a person without any action by that person)!
However a person can drown in any liquid ( or gas ) that is heavier/denser than air-Oxygen and can displace the Air/Oxygen if they hold their heads in or Under these elements..
2007-04-30 14:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by rice_dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but it is easier to float.
You can drown in a puddle or a bowl of cereal, or at least that's what they told me when I did lifeguarding.
The Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea in the Bible with Moses departed the sea.
2007-04-30 06:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can drown in any body of water but the dead sea has a high salt content with makes the the water denser and you become more boyant therefor making it harder to sink
2007-04-30 07:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by ballzdeep 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can certainly drown but the very high salinity means you are far more buoyant and thus less likely to drown.
Face down and unconscious, I wouldn't fancy your chances. Or wearing lead boots for that matter!
2007-04-30 06:56:37 · answer #9 · answered by bogmonster 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yah that's true. It is so because the salt and the mineal content in the dead sea is so high thet the density of water there is higher than of our body which greatly increases the upthrust and so we cannot drown
2007-04-30 06:56:50 · answer #10 · answered by Mayank A 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋