Dead_Sea
The Dead Sea, known as the Salt Sea by the Arabs, is a unique location in the world. This is a salt lake that is part of the Red Sea, half of its western shore belongs to Israel and half of its eastern shore belongs to Palestine. After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the West Bank has been occupied by Israeli settlements. The Dead Sea is fed by the Jordan River that flows into it. The water level of the Dead Sea is below the sea level, and due to the careless use of this sea water by Israel and Jordan over several decades of the 20th century, the water level was further lowered by 400 meters. This water level continues to drop by 3 meters per year. The Dead Sea lies between the Judean Mountains to the west and the Transjordanian Plateau to the east. Before the water level dropped, this water table was about 80 km long and 18 km wide and spread over an area of 1020 square km. The lake on the Al Lizan Peninsula is unusually divided into two basins, with the northern basin accounting for...
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