Most people like to just kick back in the water and read. In fact, people are soīuoyant in this water, it makes it kinda tough to actually swim.
Is our bodies are more buoyant in the Dead Sea - so you bob like a cork. Mineral salts in the water its density is way more than that of plain fresh water. Because of the extremely high concentration of dissolved Well, people don't really "swim" in theĭead Sea - they just "hang out". I thought you said the Dead Sea was deadly?"Īre remarkably adaptable. Man at right is actually floating in the Dead Sea. 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. The water in the Dead Sea is deadly to most living things. The salts found in the Dead Sea are mineral salts, just like you find in the oceans of the world, only in extreme concentrations. And this is no ordinary table salt, either. What you'll see on the shores of the Sea is white, crystals of salt covering everything. There are, however, several types of bacteria and one type of algea that have adapted to harsh life in the waters of the Dead Sea. T here are no fish or any kind of swimming, squirming creatures living in or near the water. Is saturated, which means the water can't contain any more dissolved salts. Though, the sea has 332 grams of salt per kilogram of seawater and That's about ten times the salinity of the oceans. The seawater comprises about 300 grams of salt per kilogram of seawater. Near the bottom of the Dead Sea the salt concentrations are so saturated that salt crystals precipitate out of the water and settle to the sea floor. The Dead Sea has some of the most saline water on earth as muchĪs 35% of the water is dissolved salts! That's almost six timesĪs salty as the ocean! The Dead Sea is completely landlockedĪnd it gets saltier with increasing depth. The sea, in the deepest part, is over 2,300 feet below sea level. The surface of the Dead Sea is over 1,300 feet below sea level.
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