THE DEAD SEA
The Dead Sea is part of the Great Rift Valley and sits 408 m below sea level. It’s location is the lowest point on earth. The Dead Sea is a sea of blue salt water.Dead Sea minerals and salts are popular for their skin-enhancing properties. Swimming is one thing you can’t do in the Dead Sea but the buoyancy enables you to bob up and down. Jerusalem ad the West Bank can be seen in the distance. Sadly, the Dead Sea shrinks every year. The Sea has no outlet and hot temperatures in the summer evaporate the fresh water more quickly than it is replenished. Two additional contributors to the shrinkage is the irrigation in the Jordan Valley and the potash industry.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Walker, Jenny and Clammer, Paul. Lonely Planet, Jordan.
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South, Coleman and Newsome, Joel. Cultures of the World, Jordan.
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