0 Dead Sea

 Dead Sea is called dead, because due to the high content of salt in its waters, it can not live fish or other marine organisms. But this is not true, although long this thesis is located rebuttal. In 1959 the water of the Dead Sea was opened wide and diverse world of plants and microorganisms.

 This is the deepest salt lake in the world, is located in the lowest part of the land. The Dead Sea is located in the Jordan Valley, the West Bank (West Bank), Israel (Israel) and Jordan (Jordan).

 The lake Dead Sea is divided into two parts - north, which is deeper and south, a shallow (only 6 m), which contains the large pillars of salt, resembling icebergs. During summer temperatures there reached 50 degrees Celsius and the waters of the Jordan River and several smaller streams evaporate quickly, leaving deposits of clay, sand, rock salt and gypsum in the bottom of the lake. In wetter winters in the Dead Sea is poured over 6 day, 5 million tons rainfall. It was found that in the absence of evaporation rate will rise to 3 meters per year.

The Dead Sea is closed and no drains. In this deepest part of the Jordan Valley area it occupies an area of ​​1,020 square kilometers and is 76 kilometers in length and 17 km in width. Its average depth is 161 m, in places reaches 400 meters below the ground.

If one liter of sea water containing 35 g different salts, then in one liter of water from the Dead Sea - 300 grams. And the composition of Dead Sea salts are substantially different from other seas of our planet. If they prevail salt component 77%, the water of the Dead Sea, its content is only 30%.

  

Unique chemical composition, the waters of the lake contribute to the treatment of many diseases, some of them successfully treated only to the Dead Sea. Therapeutic mud here has the highest effective therapeutic effect in the world that is unique to Earth.

The area of ​​the Dead Sea is inhabited since antiquity. In the north of the lake is the town of Jericho, which is considered one of the oldest inhabited places in the world. For unique water here attract numerous visitors who come here to indulge in salt lake so you do not sink.